Daniil Kvyat

Daniil Vyacheslavovich Kvyat (Russian: Даниил Вячесла́вович Квят, IPA: [dənʲɪˈil vʲɪtɕɪˈslavəvʲɪtɕ ˈkvʲat]; born 26 April 1994) is a Russian racing driver. He competes in the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship for Lamborghini, under an Italian flag.
Previously, Kvyat competed in Formula One (from 2014 to 2020).

Early and personal life
Daniel Kvyat was born in Bashkortostan, Russia, on 26 April 1994. He moved to Moscow in 2000, when he started karting.
Kvyat resides in Monaco. In addition to his native Russian, he is also fluent in Italian, Spanish, and English, and has some ability in speaking Finnish and Dutch.

Formula One career
Toro Rosso (2014)
Kvyat became the second driver of the Scuderia Toro Rosso (STR) Formula One team for the  season, alongside Frenchman Jean-Éric Vergne.
He made his debut at the 2014 Australian Grand Prix.

Red Bull (2015–2016)
Kvyat was promoted to Red Bull for the  season, to replace the quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel, who would move to Ferrari.
After an incident during the start of the 2016 Russian Grand Prix when Kvyat collided with Sebastian Vettel's car, team management decided to demote Kvyat back to Toro Rosso.

Return to Toro Rosso (2016–2017)
Red Bull announced that Toro Rosso driver Max Verstappen would be replacing Kvyat beginning from the following round, the , with Kvyat returning to Toro Rosso alongside Carlos Sainz Jr.