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Red Bull has been 'going backwards' - Kvyat

Daniil Kvyat says it is important Red Bull turns its season around when racing resumes in Europe after admitting the team has been "going backwards".

Red Bull took three victories in 2014 as it comfortably finished second in the constructors' championship having been the only team other than Mercedes to win a race. 2015 has been a much more challenging season so far, with reliability issues and Ferrari's resurgence limiting the team to a best result of sixth place.

Kvyat scored two points in Bahrain as he finished in ninth place - matching his result from Malaysia - and he says Red Bull needs to make progress with its car to fight further up the grid.

"Obviously we do plan some (upgrades) like many other teams and hopefully they are going to work well," Kvyat said. "I am confident with the team - it is going to go forwards from now onwards because we have been going backwards. But now I feel the good work is coming."

And Kvyat admits just finishing the race in Bahrain was a relief having failed to start in Australia and retiring in China.

"It puts a smile on my face, at least we are driving. Reliability was good and so we finished the race. It is the second race that I have finished, so there are plenty of things to look at and analyse where we can pick up some pace and some margins for improvement in communication between us. So, as you know it is a long process."

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.