Daniil Kvyat
Kvyat in 2015
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| Born | Daniil Vyacheslavovich Kvyat 26 April 1994 Ufa, Russia |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |
 Russian |
| 2017 team | Toro Rosso-Renault |
| Car number | 26 |
| Entries | 59 (57 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 2 |
| Career points | 128 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| First entry | 2014 Australian Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix |
| 2016 position | 14th (25 pts) |
| Previous series | |
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2013 2013 2012 2010–12 2011 2011 2010 2010 |
GP3 Series FIA European F3 Championship Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Toyota Racing Series Formula BMW Europe Formula BMW Pacific |
| Championship titles | |
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2013 2012 |
GP3 Series Formula Renault 2.0 Alps |
Daniil Vyacheslavovich Kvyat (Russian: Дании́л Вячесла́вович Квят; IPA: [dənʲɪˈil vʲɪtɕɪˈslavəvʲɪtɕ kvʲat], born 26 April 1994) is a Russian auto racing driver. He was runner-up at the 2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, and GP3 Series champion in 2013. He joined Formula One as a Toro Rosso driver in 2014 finishing 15th in the World Championship. He then moved on to Red Bull Racing to partner Daniel Ricciardo for the 2015 season. He scored his first Formula One podium finish at the Hungarian Grand Prix on 26 July 2015, finishing second behind Sebastian Vettel. He returned to Toro Rosso ahead of the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix.
Born in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia, Kvyat was an active kart racer in Russia and Italy. In 2009, he finished third in the KF3 European Championship category and finished as runner-up in the WSK International Series.
Kvyat started his formula racing career during the 2010 Formula BMW Pacific season with EuroInternational at the Sepang International Circuit. In his first race he started from sixth place, but finished only nineteenth. He finished fifth in the second race. During the season, he joined the Red Bull Junior Team and made his debut in Formula BMW Europe with the same team. He finished in tenth position in the final championship standings, with a second-place finish at Monza.
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