Daniil Kvyat is in Abu Dhabi (for now) drove his last Formula 1 race. Despite good performances towards the end of the 2021 season, the Russian will AlphaTauri replaced Yuki tsunoda. Helmut Marko reveals why the Russian eventually lost his seat against the young Japanese.
"The last two or three races have shown he can be fast," is Marko in an interview for Motorsport-Total.com agreed with the journalist's remark, but added: "Nonetheless, he lagged far behind his teammate Pierre Gasly throughout the season."
"With all the routine and experience he has, that's not enough," said a company consultant Red Bull for motorsport and explained the decision not to extend Kvjat's contracts. The Russian is no longer a member Red Bullthis team of racers, confirms Marko, the common future is no more: "It's over for us."
Kvyat team Alpha Tauri leaves with mixed feelings. On the one hand, he is proud to improve his form towards the end of the season as he races Alpha Tauri AT01 at the beginning of the season he could not make friends: "When something like this happens to you, you quickly become frustrated."
Despite all the problems Kvyat did not give up and threw himself into work: “Maybe a few years ago this would have made me much more frustrated, which would also have hurt my performances and motivation. But this year I stayed cool and worked hard. ” Together with the engineers, he managed to adapt the car to his driving style and v Imoli just missed the podium by a hair: “In the end, I was right and proved that things can be improved. ”
Despite good performances at the end of the season - in the last two qualifiers he was two tenths and a half faster than Gasly - his path to F1 ends. It would be his the story is different, would you have a car available at the beginning of the season that you could handle better?
