Frustrated Kvyat attempting to address future

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Daniil Kvyat admits he is looking elsewhere to try and save his F1 career following a frustrating start to life back at Toro Rosso.

The Russian driver was dropped by Red Bull ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix, with Max Verstappen moving up to partner Daniel Ricciardo. While Kvyat saw Toro Rosso as a chance to prove himself again to earn a move elsewhere, a disappointing Monaco Grand Prix weekend has left him eager to look at other options.

"I was on for a fight [in Moncao], I am giving my absolute best to Toro Rosso and I want to reward this team with a lot of points," Kvyat said. "But you cannot start in a race where should have been in the race to score a lot of points, it’s really frustrating.

"I want to give everything to this team, but when all of these things start to go wrong you look for a change of the situation."

And Kvyat says he has advisors away from Red Bull who will help him in his attempts to secure a future elsewhere if required.

"I usually try to do things my own way, but if I need someone I will always have someone behind me. But at the moment it’s early days, if I need someone I will have help outside of Red Bull. First I want to focus on these races, I want to have strong races with Toro Rosso because it’s easier to go forward with good results in your hand."

With a number of seats available at the end of the season, Kvyat is confident he has plenty of time to carry out any negotiations.

"I am not leaving it too late, everyone is human and everyone can talk. If we need to talk, we talk. When there is a time to tell something to the media I will let you know. At the moment I don’t want to let you know."

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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.