![]() Kvyat: Losing Red Bull drive to Verstappen was 'stab in the back'.So for me was a big year, 2015, when I just got into a Red Bull." "Now it’s different, of course, but back then he was top notch. He’s probably the best driver on the grid right now.’ "So everyone was like, ‘yeah, he’s the man to beat now. "Daniel Ricciardo at the time was like a big superstar, and when I came into the team, he just beat Vettel so there was a lot of hype around him in the team and everywhere," Kvyat recalled, speaking on the Track Limits podcast. It was a big break for the Russian who suddenly found himself driving for a championship winning team and alongside a Grand Prix winner. 21-race 2016 F1 calendar approved, Austin TBCĮx-F1 driver Daniil Kvyat says his first season with Red Bull Racing in 2015 was the most important of his career, and marked by his rivalry with his teammate, a then "top notch" Daniel Ricciardo.Ī year before, in his debut season with RBR, Ricciardo had comprehensively overshadowed reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel, the Aussie winning three races and finishing third in the Drivers' standings behind Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg while outscoring Vettel by 71 points.įor 2015, the German opted to leave the Milton Keynes-based outfit and join Ferrari, leaving Red Bull to promote Kvyat from Toro Rosso to the senior bull outfit. ![]() ![]() COTA boss unsure of F1's true support for USGP.BBC confirms it is dropping F1 coverage, Channel 4 steps in.Ecclestone: No ad breaks key to Channel 4 F1 deal.Ecclestone casts more doubt on 2016 USGP.Alonso in favour of expanded F1 championship.First Azerbaijan Grand Prix in jeopardy?.Elimination-style qualifying to be introduced in 2016.F1 not ready yet for new qualifying, admits Ecclestone.Revised qualifying format proposed for Melbourne.Full elimination qualifying gets green light for Melbourne.Reserve criticism over new qualifying - Williams.Ferrari leads pre-season engine token spending.F1 teams warned over radio coded messages.Qualifying change by Bahrain should be the target.Emergency meeting Sunday morning to address qualifying format.F1 looking to tweak elimination-based qualifying for Bahrain.Title battle still wide open, insists Allan McNish. ![]()
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