Kvyat: Strong finish to season will open doors

Daniil Kvyat says he is motivated to deliver for Toro Rosso in the final part of the 2016 season as it will also open doors for his future.

The Russian driver has endured a difficult season, losing his seat at Red Bull after a frustrating home race at Sochi and only scoring two points for Toro Rosso since being replaced by Max Verstappen. While he acknowledges his future is in the hands of Red Bull, Kvyat says finishing the season strongly would impress both his current team and potential suitors.

“Yeah obviously Red Bull has an option on me but Formula One is a sport where anything can happen anyway," Kvyat said. "Nevertheless I always aim to deliver as high a performance as possible because this will always open more doors for your future.

"At the moment I am just thinking about what happens today with this team and I am giving my absolute best to Toro Rosso. Then we will see.”

And Kvyat says he is getting better at dealing with the difficulties he has been facing in order to deliver on track.

“In a way yes because in the last five years there have always been a lot of up and downs. Of course in this last six months I would say it’s quite different and a not very comfortable atmosphere for working, I would say.

"But I still feel like normal, for me it’s all quite calm. I’m enjoying all the time on the track, I’m able to stay focused, able to work well with my engineers and we believe we are able to get closer and closer to extracting the maximum of the car.”

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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.