Current Daniil Kvyat

Daniil Vyacheslavovich Kvyat or Danny Kvyat to you and I seemed to come as a shock to some as Toro Rosso's choice for a race seat that prompted all sorts of money accusations however if people had been paying attention then it might have been less of a shock.

With Ricciardo being promoted to the A-Team it was only logical that Toro Rosso were going to promote one of their youth squad to the race seat and whilst Kvyat was not at the front of the queue in the fame stakes he certainly got there in the results stakes. At the begining of 2013 he was third in line to the throne sitting firmly behind the ever popular 'oh-my-god-he's-a-future-world-champion' Felix Da Costa and the 'oh-my-god-he's-the-talented-son-of-a-rally-driving-champ' Carlos Sainz Jr. Da Costa was to run with the big boys in the 3.5 series, Sainz Jr was to run in GP3 with races in the 3.5 series when he could whilst Danny was to run in GP3 and as a none points scorer in European F3. Da Costa proceded to throw away his hard earned reputation with a string of mediocre results and as the season went on he looked more and more out classed by Magnussen and Van Dorne. Sainz Jr went at it like a wild man and never failed to look quick, however he was a complete magnet for accidents and most of the time you were watching him coming back through the field after having a nose cone taken off. Our friend Kvyat on the other hand played the slowly slowly catchy monkey game with a quiet but firm start to his GP3 season he kept himself in contention whilst his team sorted out issues with his tyres and then when it came to the start of the second half of the season in Spa he went into overdrive. In a GP3 season that has seen around 10 different winners and the winners of the feature races just falling off the pace in the sprint race Kvyat turned it on its head by winning the last 3 feature races and coming through the field for points finishes in the sprint races. At some points he looked Vettel like untouchable. If you look at that and compare it with what Da Costa and Sainz Jr were doing at the time it shouldn't be a shock to anyone that Toro Rosso decided he was the guy to promote.

Its no doubt that 2014 will be a tricky year for him in F1, although the commentators pronouncing his name will have just as tricky a time (The V is silent apparently). He's come in with brand new rules, very little track time and is up against a much under rated teammate in Jean Eric Vergne who might just have a point to prove. Also as Kyvat has spent the last 2 years winning everything in sight (GP3 Champion in 2013, Formula Renault 2.0 champion in 2012) it will take some time to adjust to fighting in the middle of the pack. Doesn't seem to be the best qualifyer in the world but he does seem to be very cool and calm under pressure and if you give him a good car he gets the best out of it. He also has the Vettel like ability of coming good just as its squeeky bum time.

No doubt you'll spend most of the year hearing about how he is the second Russian to race in F1 and that he'll be looking forward to his home race, however Kvyat was actually born in Bashkortostan which is a soverign state and a subject of Russia. So its all a bit Scotland/Britian which makes him Russia's answer to Paul Di Resta (although he'd prefer you to say Jackie Stewart). He was only born in April 1994 (only about a week before the death of Senna) which makes him not even 20 yet which always leaves the worry that he might crack under the pressure of it all.

It could be the Kvyat just becomes another name on the Red Bull failure list but don't think for a minute he hasn't earned his place in the team. I have a sneeky feeling he'll do better than a lot of people think he will do.

What do people think? Another Vettel or another Jamie Alguersauri?
 
Assuming Kvyat and Verstappen are fairly comparable in pace right now, I'd say it's a no-brainer as to who you want in the car going forward though.

Daniil can still prove his worth in the STR though.
 
I can say, with nothing remotely close to certainty, that Kvyat was given the Red Bull seat on the request of Vladimir Putin in a 40 race deal.
 
It will be interesting to see how Kvyat and Sianz stack up against each other. I think both have talent.
 
I worry for kyvat career because I think he is mentally finished he seemingly just can't reset like perez did post mclaren as every race its been poor pace or a costly error. Im fairly sure he is on his way after red bull made a big show of renewing Riccardio Verstappen & Sainz contract. I wonder whether Kyvat will even see the season out go fron Red Bull > Toro Rosso > out. in 6 months & by Malaysia Japan he will be replaced by maybe Gasly. If he is challenging in GP2. & bit of Jaime alguersari (although not bad thing as could never spell his name :)) dejavu. Chewed up & spat out by22

Red Bull system gives you an opportunity but I would always give it a wide berth because yes it made 2 careers (too early for max) but what about the countless its destroyed Bourdais JEV Buemi Algurasri & kyvat is mentally spent best thing would be to get out of f1/str as quick as possible before any damage more is caused as that interview was tough to watch. When he talks about not being himself
 
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I don't know... I wonder about his attitude sometimes. At least he was kept onboard and still has a drive within the Red Bull system, unlike the names you mentioned above. He's got the opportunity to prove Red Bull wrong by trying to beat another fast team-mate, put himself in the shop window.

Instead of that he just keeps criticising his team, blaming everything on everyone except himself. That's not the way to keep your side of the garage motivated.
I mean it's like, OK, you've had a setback, just get on with it you know?
 
Incubus The Red Bull programme is brutal but the way Kyvat has been treated has been nothing but shameful. The whole Red Bull management are all willing to criticise him publicly at any moment they can and few give him credit like when he has actually got the car in Q3

The only thing Kyvat has not done is consider suing Red Bull for constructive dismissal which was what would have happened if it was any other job

This is the sort of treatment I'd expect from Flavio Briatore who has no driver management skills period
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Is it beyond Red Rosso to have his car set up a little bit shitter than Sainz so for publicity purposes it looks like their decision will be justified? I just don't get how he's suddenly become this bad.
 
You know when you 've realised your dreams has turned into nightmare and you've got the job from hell where the bosses do little to praise you but take every opportunity to undermine you

Well this is Kyvat at the moment

Having been praised for his boldness and podium at China , he go shot down in the next race in Russia and has not recovered from being attacked from everyone.
 
He's shit though.

No. He's a very good racing driver. He just doesn't have the right PR officer so you think he's shit.

Kvyat is sleepwalking his way to leaving F1 and everyone knows it. I would put my house on Gasly being in that seat next year. Oh well. F1's loss is Formula E's gain (again).
 
No RasputinLives , he's shit. GP3 champion but no better than 2nd in anything else, huge PR machine hasn't been able to make him a good enough driver and Red Bull have given him more chances than they have to better prospects. Even now, with him being demoted to the B team, that hasn't been an option for any other Red Bull driver for very long.
 
He beat Danny Ric in the championship last year and got a pretty dam good podium just the race before they dropped him. One accident does not make a bad driver. I hold the line his results just did not get the hype that others did.
 
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