64 Facts About Daniil Kvyat

Daniil Vyacheslavovich Kvyat is a Russian professional racing driver racing for Prema Racing in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship.

Daniil Kvyat became the second Formula One driver from Russia and is the most successful of the four Russian drivers to date, with three podiums.

Daniil Kvyat was runner-up at the 2012 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, and a champion in 2012 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series and 2013 GP3 Series.

Daniil Kvyat made his debut in Formula One as a Toro Rosso driver in 2014 finishing 15th in the World Championship.

Daniil Kvyat then moved on to Red Bull Racing to partner Daniel Ricciardo for the 2015 season.

Daniil Kvyat scored his first Formula One podium finish at the 2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, finishing second behind Sebastian Vettel.

Daniil Kvyat started the 2016 season with Red Bull Racing, scoring his second podium, finishing third at the 2016 Chinese Grand Prix.

However, following a controversial collision during the opening lap of his home race in Sochi, Daniil Kvyat was demoted to Toro Rosso ahead of the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix, where he finished the season and was retained by the team for the next season.

Daniil Kvyat spent 2018 as a development driver for Scuderia Ferrari, before being re-signed by Toro Rosso for the 2019 season.

At the 2019 German Grand Prix Daniil Kvyat claimed the third podium of his career by finishing third; this was Scuderia Toro Rosso's second podium finish after they won the 2008 Italian Grand Prix with Sebastian Vettel.

In 2022, Daniil Kvyat was entered to compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship for G-Drive Racing, but this team withdrew on 6 March in response to conditions introduced by the FIA following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Daniil Kvyat was born in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia, on 26 April 1994 to Vyacheslav and Zulfiya Kvyat.

Vyacheslav Daniil Kvyat worked for Bashneft, initially as a mechanic at the Novo-Ufan refinery, but rose through the ranks to become the financial director of the export division until 1996.

In January 2005, Daniil Kvyat made his professional debut in motorsports winning his very first race in Sochi.

Daniil Kvyat moved to the KF3 junior category and became a participant of the prestigious World Series Karting series.

Daniil Kvyat achieved European Championship qualification but Kvyat switched teams just before the championships started, to join privateers from Morsicani Racing, who used an FA Kart chassis.

Daniil Kvyat's European winning streak continued at the beginning of the 2009 season.

Daniil Kvyat first made his way into the final heat and then, starting from P3, he won that race, overtaking Carlos Sainz Jr along the way.

Daniil Kvyat became one of the leaders in the WSK series, and began to draw the attention of sponsors.

Daniil Kvyat continued to race successfully in karting, taking the bronze at the 2009 European Championship one more time but was unable to reach the finals of the World Cup in Sarno.

Daniil Kvyat decided to part ways with Angelo Morsicani's team after the World Cup and joined the Intrepid factory team.

Daniil Kvyat raced for Intrepid in the last two races of the WSK season, winning the final one.

Two weeks later, Daniil Kvyat won a race in the Asian Championships in Singapore, a positive ending to his campaign in Formula BMW.

Daniil Kvyat raced in four rounds for the Victory Motor Racing team, finishing fifth in the championship with a win in the Dan Higgins Trophy at Manfeild and another five podiums.

For 2012, Daniil Kvyat remained in the Formula Renault category, competing in both Formula Renault 2.0 Alps and the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 series.

Daniil Kvyat lost points at Nurburgring due to a wrong tyre choice by his team, and at Hungaroring after crashing with Oliver Rowland.

Two title contenders crashed out and, having more overall points in the championship, Daniil Kvyat won the title.

Daniil Kvyat spent 2013 competing in the GP3 Series with MW Arden and the European Formula 3 championship with Carlin Motorsport.

Daniil Kvyat was a late registration for the latter series, and so he was ineligible for points.

Daniil Kvyat scored five pole positions, seven podiums and a dominant win at Zandvoort.

Daniil Kvyat went into the Abu Dhabi event being a title contender and finally won the championship in his debut year.

Daniil Kvyat became the second driver of the Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One team for the 2014 season, alongside Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne.

Daniil Kvyat replaced Daniel Ricciardo, who moved to parent team Red Bull Racing.

Daniil Kvyat went on to score points in the Malaysian, Chinese, British and Belgian Grands Prix, finishing 15th in the World Championship.

Daniil Kvyat was promoted to Red Bull for the 2015 season, to replace the quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel, who would move to Ferrari.

Daniil Kvyat took his first podium in the sport with a second-place finish at the 2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, the highest finish for a Russian driver in Formula One.

In qualifying for the 2015 Japanese Grand Prix, Daniil Kvyat crashed heavily into the barriers, ultimately flipping the car.

Daniil Kvyat was uninjured, and finished 13th in the race the following day.

Daniil Kvyat ended the 2015 season with 95 points and 7th place in Drivers' World Championship, beating his race winning teammate Daniel Ricciardo by 3 points.

The 2016 season start was a challenge again, but Daniil Kvyat finished third in the third round, securing the first podium for Red Bull Racing in the new season.

However, after an incident during the start of his home Grand Prix when Daniil Kvyat collided with Sebastian Vettel's car, team management decided to demote Daniil Kvyat back to Toro Rosso.

Daniil Kvyat rejoined Toro Rosso as a driver for the 2019 season, replacing the Red Bull-bound Pierre Gasly.

Daniil Kvyat initially raced alongside Thai driver Alexander Albon, who moved up from the FIA Formula 2 Championship.

Daniil Kvyat put in strong performances during the first half of the season, achieving six points finishes from twelve races.

Daniil Kvyat produced an excellent drive in Belgium to finish in 7th place after starting in 19th due to power unit penalties.

Daniil Kvyat recorded three more points finishes in the remainder of the season; two 10th-place finishes in Japan and Brazil, and a 9th-place finish in Abu Dhabi.

Daniil Kvyat finished in the points in Mexico and the United States, but was handed post-race penalties for causing last-lap collisions in both races, dropping him out of the points.

Daniil Kvyat finished the season in 13th place in the championship with 37 points.

Daniil Kvyat retired from the first race of the season due to a suspension failure.

Daniil Kvyat received his first point of the season at the Styrian Grand Prix with a tenth-place finish.

Daniil Kvyat retired at the British Grand Prix after a heavy crash into the barriers that was caused by a tyre failure.

Daniil Kvyat finished fourth in the 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after a succession of overtakes on Alexander Albon, Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc after the Safety car restart.

Daniil Kvyat's contract was not renewed and Yuki Tsunoda replaced Kvyat at AlphaTauri for 2021.

In 2021, Daniil Kvyat was the reserve driver for Alpine, alongside Zhou Guanyu.

Daniil Kvyat was entered to drive for G-Drive Racing in the LMP2 class in the FIA World Endurance Championship, alongside James Allen and Rene Binder.

Daniil Kvyat joined Prema Racing in the LMP2 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2023, driving the No 63 alongside Mirko Bortolotti and Doriane Pin.

At the first race of the season Daniil Kvyat took a podium with third place.

In December 2017 Daniil Kvyat tested a NASCAR Whelen Euro Series racecar at a young driver test.

Daniil Kvyat is due to make three starts in the NASCAR Cup Series for Team Hezeberg, with his car using the same number he used in Formula One, 26.

Daniil Kvyat made his NASCAR debut in the 2022 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, finishing in 36th position after retiring from the race with suspension issues.

In 2023, Daniil Kvyat will make his Formula E debut with NIO 333 Racing in the Berlin rookie drivers' test.

Daniil Kvyat lived in Ufa, Russia, until 2000 when his family moved to Moscow.

Until November 2015, Daniil Kvyat was one of the few drivers in motor racing to have an FIA Super Licence, but not a regular driving licence in his native Russia.

In January 2017, Daniil Kvyat began dating Kelly Piquet, daughter of three-time F1 World Champion Nelson Piquet.