Daniil Kvyat says Red Bull's strategy was the key to him being able to climb through the field to fourth place in the Belgian Grand Prix.

Starting from 12th after a disappointing qualifying session, Kvyat was running in fifth place having stayed out on track under the Virtual Safety Car while a number of cars ahead of him pitted. Stopping five laps after racing resumed, Kvyat then made a number of overtaking manoeuvres to regain fifth before Sebastian Vettel's tyre failure promoted him to fourth.

With Red Bull opting for a different strategy to the majority of the field, Kvyat says the team's call led to him being able to pass cars on track.

“It was a very interesting race and really good fun today," Kvyat said. "I had a lot of overtaking opportunities and the car performed well. The strategy from the team to keep me out during the virtual safety car was good and we were able to have a strong last stint.

"The team did a good job and we scored some solid points. We should be happy with the performance today and hopefully we can continue this form over the next few races.”

The result helped move Kvyat up to seventh in the drivers' championship ahead of team-mate Daniel Ricciardo, who retired with a power unit problem after 20 laps.

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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.

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