New chassis for Kvyat leads to pit lane start

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Daniil Kvyat will start from the pit lane in today's Austrian Grand Prix after needing a new chassis following his crash in qualifying.

The Toro Rosso driver ran slightly wide at Turn 8 and suffered a right rear suspension failure on the kerbs, pitching him to the inside of the track where he wiped off the front of the car against the pit lane barrier.

Following investigations, the team decided the impact required a new survival cell, which results in an automatic pit lane start. Kvyat has also needed to change his gearbox as a result of the incident.

"As the survival cell of car number 26 as been changed after the end of the qualifying session, this car should now be required to start from the pit lane according to Article 23.2 of the 2016 Formula One Sporting Regulations," FIA technical delegate Jo Bauer's report read.

Kvyat had originally been scheduled to start from 18th on the grid following penalties for a number of cars, but his pit lane start will now see Marcus Ericsson, Jolyon Palmer, Rio Haryanto and Felipe Nasr all move up one place each.

Following the crash, Kvyat described the kerbs as "stupid" and called for them to be removed as the FIA had made "a mistake", but no track changes have been announced.

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