Marko Hanželic
The last race could be his last on home soil in Formula 1, but in this one Daniil Kvyat proved and was awarded eighth place, his second best result of the season. The Russian was very pleased with his performance: “Fantastic! I'm really happy. The home race could hardly have gone better for me, ” said after the end of the race in Sochi. "I had a feeling this morning that I was going to have a good day."
Mainly due to the fact that quite a few laps he managed to defend his position from Lewis Hamilton, who found himself behind the team racer after ten seconds of penalty and a stop in the pits Alpha Tauri, Yippee Kvyat also gained in confidence: “When I saw Hamilton in the rearview mirror and managed to keep him a few laps behind me, I found that my pace in the race was really remarkable. Great, ” was impressed with himself in Whoops born former team racer Red Bull.
The only thing he regrets about the last race in Sochi is, yes Esteban Ocon he failed to force a mistake at the end of the race, otherwise he could have finished in seventh place as well. "We were faster," he says. "But I can't complain."
With the result, he also left behind a teammate Pierre Gasly. This obviously gave him a lot of confidence, as he says: “I know if things match up for me, I can be the best. Then I just fly down the runway, ” he boasted.
"It simply came to our notice then. Together with my engineer, I hit it off in terms of settings and strategy, ” he says Kvyat. "When I had a free ride, I thought, 'This is my race.'
It is entirely possible that this could be for him also the last race on home soil in Formula 1, as the Russian showed little wrestling this year. He currently has just 14 points on his account, a teammate gasly and 45 and, more importantly, also one win.
