Daniil Vyacheslavovich Kvyat

Daniil Kvyat

Nation:	Russia
Formula 1 world championship
Status:	active
First start:	2014 Australian Grand Prix
Constructors
2014  Toro Rosso • 2015–2016  Red Bull • 2016–2017, 2019–2020  Toro Rosso / AlphaTauri
statistics
World Cup balance:	World Cup seventh ( 2015 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 100 - - 1
World Cup points :	172
Podiums :	3
Leadership laps :	-
Status: Belgian Grand Prix, August 30, 2020

Daniil Wjatscheslawowitsch Kwjat ( Russian Даниил Вячеславович Квят , English transcription Daniil Kvyat ; born April 26, 1994 in Ufa , Bashkortostan ) is a Russian racing driver . He won the GP3 series in 2013 . He has been competing in Formula 1 since 2014 .

Career

Beginnings in motorsport (until 2012)

Like most automobile racing drivers, Kvyat began his career in karting , in which he was active until 2009. Kwjat came third in the FIA-KF3 European Championship (2008 and 2009) and runner-up in the FIA-KF3 Asia-Pacific Championship (2008) and the WSK-KF3 International Series (2009).

In 2010, Kwjat switched to formula racing and became a member of Red Bull's support program . He competed for EuroInternational in the European Formula BMW . With a second place as the best result, he finished the season in tenth championship rank . He also made six guest starts in the Pacific Formula BMW for EuroInternational. He crossed the finish line first in two races. He also made his debut for Koiranen Bros. Motorsport in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup , in which he made two guest starts. He then took part in the winter series of the British Formula Renault for Koiranen Bros. Motorsport and finished this championship in fourth place.

Daniil Kwjat at a guest start in the Pacific Formula BMW 2010 in Sepang

In 2011, Kwjat initially competed for Victory Motor Racing in the Toyota Racing Series , the highest monoposto series in New Zealand, to four of five events. He decided a race for himself and finished the season in fifth place overall. He then returned to Europe to Koiranen Bros. Motorsport. He competed for the team in both the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and the Northern European Formula Renault . With two wins he finished third in the overall classification in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup, and in the northern European Formula Renault he was second with seven wins. In both series, he was one position behind his teammate Carlos Sainz junior . In addition, Kwjat again took part in the winter series of the British Formula Renault 2011 and improved to third place. In 2012, Kwjat stayed with Koiranen Motorsport. In the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup, he won seven races and was the driver with the most victories. In the overall standings, however, he lost to Stoffel Vandoorne with 234 to 244 points and came in second. In the alpine Formula Renault it was enough for Kwjat to win the title in 2012. With seven wins and 217 points, he prevailed against Norman Nato , who had scored 214 points.

GP3 series (2013)

In 2013 Kwjat switched to MW Arden in the GP3 series . After a third place was his best result in the first five race weekends, he won the main race in the last three events. He scored his first victory in Spa-Francorchamps . An event later in Monza , he repeated this result. With a victory in the following main race of the season finale on the Yas Marina Circuit , Kwjat secured the title win in the GP3 series early. With 168 to 138 points he prevailed against Facu Regalía . Kwjat had scored more points in the season than his teammates Sainz jr. and Robert Vişoiu together. In addition, Kwjat completed 21 guest starts for Carlin in the European Formula 3 championship in 2013 . He crossed the finish line once in first place and three times in second place. However, he was not rated in any race because he was a guest starter. Kwjat also took part in Formula 1 test drives for Scuderia Toro Rosso in 2013 .

Formula 1 (since 2014)

In 2014 , Kwjat received a Formula 1 cockpit at Scuderia Toro Rosso and chose # 26 as his permanent Formula 1 start number. In his first race, the Australian Grand Prix , he scored points for the first time in ninth place. This made him the youngest Formula 1 World Championship driver to score a point. At his home race in Russia , he achieved his best starting position with fifth place. In the race he lost some positions and was 14th internally, he was defeated by Jean-Éric Vergne with 8 to 22 points. He finished his debut season in 15th place overall.

For the 2015 Formula 1 World Championship , Kwjat moved to Red Bull Racing as Sebastian Vettel's successor . At the first race in Australia he already had a technical defect on the lap on the grid and therefore did not start the race. In the next race, the Malaysian Grand Prix , he scored the first points for Red Bull with a ninth place. He finished fourth at the Monaco Grand Prix . In Hungary he achieved his first podium finish with second place. He improved to seventh overall. Internally, he prevailed against Daniel Ricciardo with 95 to 92 points .

Kwjat was also under contract with Red Bull for the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship . In the first race he did not start because of technical problems. In China , he achieved a podium finish with third place. At the following Russian Grand Prix , Kwjat drove into Vettel's vehicle twice on the first lap, whereupon he was eliminated after a collision with the track barrier. Kwjat was given a 10-second stop-and-go penalty and three penalty points by the race stewards and finished the race in 15th place. Although he had not attracted negative attention because of his driving style, he was criticized by many experts after the race, in some cases massively. Red Bull motorsport consultant Helmut Marko described his behavior as "unacceptable". Red Bull then decided to swap the cockpits of Kwjat and Max Verstappen with immediate effect , so that Kwjat returned to Scuderia Toro Rosso for the Spanish Grand Prix . A ninth place in Singapore was his best result here. He finished the season in 14th place overall with 25 points.

Daniil Kvyat 2017

Kwjat stayed with Toro Rosso in 2017 . While his team-mate Sainz had a total of nine points in the first 14 races, Kwjat came in ninth in Australia and Spain only two places in the points. Kwjat was then replaced by Pierre Gasly for two races before returning to the racing cockpit for the US Grand Prix , this time as a replacement for Sainz, who in turn had switched to Renault . After the race, which he finished in tenth place, he was replaced by Brendon Hartley for the remaining three races of the season . At the end of the season, Kwjat finished 19th overall with 5 points.

Kwjat was hired by Ferrari as a development driver for the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship and in this role was mainly used in the simulator.

For the Formula 1 World Championship 2019 , Kwjat returned to Toro Rosso as a regular driver. He replaced Pierre Gasly, who moved to Red Bull. At the German Grand Prix , he achieved a podium finish in third place. At the end of the season he finished 13th overall with 37 points.

In 2020 he will start again for the team from Faenza , which will now compete under the name Scuderia AlphaTauri and no longer as Scuderia Toro Rosso . After the seventh race, he is currently in 16th place with two points in the drivers' standings.

Personal

Kwjat was born in the metropolis of Ufa , in the republic of Bashkortostan , as the son of the businessman Vyacheslav Kwjat (* 1958) and the ethnic Bashkir Sulphija Kwjat (* 1972). His father used to work as a regional MP for the Russian Party of Life in politics.

When Daniil Kvyat was six years old, the family moved to Moscow . There he gained his first experiences in karting from the age of eight when his father happened to take him to a kart track . At the age of 12 he moved to Italy in 2006, where his family followed him in 2007.

Today Kwjat lives in Monaco and speaks fluent English, Italian and Spanish as well as a little French in addition to his mother tongue. His hobbies include table tennis, soccer, wakeboarding and skiing.

He has been in a relationship with Kelly Piquet, daughter of three-time Formula 1 world champion Nelson Piquet , since 2016 . On July 27, 2019, they became parents to a daughter.

statistics

Career stations

2010 : European Formula BMW (10th place) 2010: British Formula Renault , winter series (4th place) 2011: Toyota Racing Series (5th place) 2011: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (3rd place) 2011: Northern European Formula Renault (2nd place) 2011: British Formula Renault, winter series (3rd place)

2012: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (2nd place) 2012: Alpine Formula Renault (champion) 2013 : GP3 series (champions) 2013 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2014 : Formula 1 (15th place) 2015 : Formula 1 (7th place) 2016 : Formula 1 (14th place) 2017 : Formula 1 (19th place)

2018 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2019 : Formula 1 (13th place) 2020 : Formula 1

Individual results in the GP3 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
2013	MW Arden	ESP		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		UAE		168	1.
		20th	DNF	4th	5	4th	4th	DNF	16	3	7th	1	6th	1	2	1	5

Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship

These statistics include all the driver's participations in the Formula 1 World Championship .

general overview

Status: Belgian Grand Prix, August 30, 2020

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
2014	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR9	Renault 1.6 V6 Turbo	19th	-	-	-	-	-	8th	15th
2015	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB11	Renault 1.6 V6 Turbo	18th	-	1	-	-	-	95	7th
2016	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB12	TAG Heuer 1.6 V6 Turbo	3	-	-	1	-	-	21st	14th
	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR11	Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo	17th	-	-	-	-	1	4th
2017	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR12	Renault 1.6 V6 Turbo	15th	-	-	-	-	-	5	19th
2019	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	Scuderia Toro Rosso STR14	Honda 1.6 V6 Turbo	21st	-	-	1	-	-	37	13.
2020	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda	AlphaTauri AT01	Honda 1.6 V6 Turbo	7th	-	-	-	-	-	2	16.
total				100	-	1	2	-	1	172

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24
2014
	9	10	11	10	14th	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	DNF	14th	9	11	14th	11	14th	15th	11	DNF
2015
	DNS	9	DNF	9	10	4th	9	12	6th	2	4th	10	6th	13	5	DNF	4th	7th	10
2016
	DNS	7th	3	15th	10	DNF	12	DNF	DNF	10	16	15th	14th	DNF	9	14th	13	11	18th	13	DNF
2017
	9	DNF	12	12	9	15 *	DNF	DNF	16	15th	12	12	12	DNF			10
2019
	10	12	DNF	DNF	9	7th	10	14th	17th	9	3	15th	7th	DNF	15th	12	10	11	12	10	9
2020
	12 *	10	12	DNF	10	12	11

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Daniil Kwjat  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Career statistics of Daniil Kwjat (English)

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ “Koiranen Motorsport drivers 2011” ( Memento from March 20, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (koiranenbros.net on March 3, 2011)
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11. ↑ Glenn Freeman: Toro Rosso F1 team keeps Daniil Kvyat for 2017 season. autosport.com, October 22, 2016, accessed October 22, 2016 . 
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18. ↑ Norman Fischer: Kwjat's fairy tales: As a new dad on the podium , formel1.de, July 28, 2019