Daniil Kvyat

Daniil Vyacheslavovich Kvyat (Russian: Дании́л Вячесла́вович Квят; pronounced:; born 26 April 1994 in Ufa, Bashorotostan, Russia) is a Russian racing driver who made his Formula One debut in the 2014 Formula One season for the team, alongside Jean-Éric Vergne. His car number is #26. Kvyat got his first opportunity to drive a Formula One car when he participated in the Young Driver Test for the same team during the 2013 season, in the U.S. and Brazil.
He made his Formula One début at the 2014 Australian Grand Prix. He qualified 8th and then made his first points finish by finishing 10th, but was later promoted to 9th after Daniel Ricciardo was disqualified. He made a new record for the youngest driver to score points at the age of 19 years and 324 days, breaking Sebastian Vettel's record by 19 years and 349 days, until Max Verstappen beat the record in the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix at the age of 17 years and 180 days.
At the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix, Red Bull announced that Vettel would be leaving the team, promoting Kvyat up to .
Following criticism of his actions in the 2016 Russian Grand Prix, Red Bull decided to bring him back to Toro Rosso and have Verstappen in his place.
Starting from the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix, he was replaced by Pierre Gasly, though he would still remain "part of the Red Bull Family". After the announcement of Carlos Sainz, Jr. moving to early, Kvyat was confirmed to come back to Toro Rosso at the , but despite scoring one point there, he was again left without a drive after Gasly and Brendon Hartley were confirmed to compete at the , and was later released from Toro Rosso and Red Bull. He later became a development driver for in . He rejoined Toro Rosso in 2019 and after spending a season in the renamed team in 2020, he was dropped again in favor of Yuki Tsunoda. He then served as the reserve driver for in 2021.
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==Formula One Career==
==Formula One Statistical Overview==
===Formula One Record===
Year 	Entrant 	Team 	Pts 	WDC Pos. 	Report
Junior Career	Junior Career 	Junior Career 	Junior Career 	Junior Career 	Junior Career
2010–2013 	Red Bull Junior Team 	Red Bull Junior Team	Red Bull Junior Team	Red Bull Junior Team	Red Bull Junior Team
Senior Career	Senior Career 	Senior Career 	Senior Career 	Senior Career 	Senior Career
 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	Test Driver 	Test Driver 	Test Driver
 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	8 	15th 	Report
 	Infiniti Red Bull Racing 	 	95 	7th 	Report
 	Red Bull Racing 	 	25 	14th 	Report
 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	25 	14th 	Report
 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	5 	19th 	Report
 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	Development Driver 	Development Driver 	Development Driver
 	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	 	37 	13th 	Report
 	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda	 	32 	14th 	Report
 	Alpine F1 Team 	 	Reserve Driver 	Reserve Driver 	Reserve Driver
===Career Statistics===
===Career Results===
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==Notes==
==External links==
*Official website
Category:1994 births
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Category:Russian Drivers
Category:2014 Début Drivers
Category:Living people
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Category:Red Bull Drivers
Category:Ferrari Drivers
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