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Kvyat feels ‘big, big potential’ in RB11

Daniil Kvyat says he can feel “big, big potential” in the Red Bull RB11 following an encouraging second test for the team.

Following reliability issues throughout the first test at Jerez, Red Bull bounced back at Barcelona to complete over 100 laps on each of the final three days of the second test. Kvyat was in the car on both Saturday and Sunday and says he wants to see further progress to make sure Red Bull capitalises on the recent improvements.

“In every area it’s always ongoing,” Kvyat said. “We are always trying to improve our car so this is our job and this is what we’ll try and do.

“I’m obviously learning a few things myself and getting used to the team and the car, we are getting used to each other. I think the steps which we are making are good, encouraging, and I think there is big, big potential but how big time will show.”

And Kvyat says the final day allowed Red Bull to gather a lot of information to work on ahead of the start of the third test on Thursday.

“I think it was a positive day for us. We went through our program quite nicely and achieved the desired amount of laps. We learned a few good things today for us which hopefully will benefit us in the future and I think that’s what testing is about.”

Full times and the final day as it happened

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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.