What a racing weekend for Toro Ross racer Daniil Kvyat. The young Russian said after the race that he became a dad on Sunday night as his friend Kelly Piquet gave birth to a daughter. Not yet 24 hours later but the next joy. Kvjat sensationally won third place in the race for the German Grand Prix.
The rain, which played the main direction in the race, allowed the other team to Red Bullbut found herself on the podium - after 2008, when Sebastian Vettl managed to do so with a surprising victory in the race at Monza. Even then in the rain. “It’s really magnificent to stand on the podium again. It was a crazy race, but I finally managed to do everything right and get the podium for a fee. I'm really happy. "
But how did Kvjat manage this masterpiece in the first place? Because the race in Hockenheim was a real mess. Kvyat was lucky when he was on the penultimate stage of the safety car, when he turned into the pits and put on a soft mixture of tires for the dry track. That catapulted him to second place - for Max Verstappn.
The only Lance Stroll, who is also one of the lucky winners of the safety car, was before Kvjat before the end of the race, but Kvjat managed to overtake him. At that moment, there was even second place in the game, but in the last laps of the race, Vettel was dangerously close, which was stronger and overtook the Russian in the penultimate lap.
But the Russian was not angry about it, quite the opposite. “Basically, the race was a real horror, mixed with black humor. There have been quite a few situations and I’m surprised I even got through. I thought the race was done for me. But then it came back to me. It was a real slide. Almost like my whole career. ”
In fact, that would be a nice closing word if there wasn’t something special here. “Last night my friend and I became the parents of our daughter. We haven't had it yet. Now I'm going to go home and we'll pick a name together. At the moment, it’s all unrealistic for me. These podiums are something special.
