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Horner: Kvyat 'hard to judge'

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says it is "hard to judge" new driver Daniil Kvyat so far this season.

Kvyat joined Red Bull from Toro Rosso over the winter, replacing Ferrari-bound Sebastian Vettel. The move was a bold one as Kvyat has only one year of F1 experience behind him, with his seat at Toro Rosso coming off the back of a GP3 championship in 2013.

Horner admits he has not been able to gauge how Kvyat is performing so far but says he is pleased with the attitude the young Russian has shown despite suffering from numerous reliability problems.

"The problem for Daniil is he has had a lot issues, more than his fair share, that has interrupted practice, qualifying and races," Horner said. "When he has had a clean run, like [in Bahrain], he has done a good job.

"In Malaysia he drove a strong race there, so it is hard to judge him at the moment because he has not had a fair hand. What we are seeing is he is quick, his feedback is strong and he has not let his head drop. I think a bit of time and consistency, you will start to see his potential"

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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.