Kvyat targets 'small signs of progress'

Daniil Kvyat says Red Bull needs to show "small signs of progress" at the start of 2016 rather than aiming too high.

Having won three races in 2014, Red Bull endured a difficult year last season as it struggled with its car in the early races and suffered with an unreliable Renault power unit. The team will remain with Renault this year - though the engines will be re-branded Tag Heuer - and Kvyat told the official Red Bull website he just wants to see signs of recovery.

"We aim to make steps forward and so as long as we see progress and make steps forward we'll be happy, but we will always aim high," Kvyat said. "We'll never be really happy until we're back on the top step of the podium but for now, let's start with small signs of progress. That would satisfy me for now."

And Kvyat says his own preparations are now ramping up to ensure he is ready to go at the start of pre-season testing.

"After Abu Dhabi we had some work to do in the factory. I spent Christmas in Rome with my friends and family, then I went skiing with a group of friends in northern Italy, in the Alps. We were a bit unlucky with the snow but we still found some fun things to do.

"In the new year I went back to Europe, back to normal, and just focused on training. My season started quite early – mainly with training and getting back into shape, and now we've started to do some PR. Next, I'll spend some more time on training.

"My preparation started in the new year, mainly just getting back into the training rhythm, then from the second week of January I was back into the normal training rhythm. Now we're working with the engineers and the team, so the proper track preparation starts now."

Scene at the Pirelli wet tyre test