Daniil Kvyat
Daniil Vyacheslavovich Kvyat (Russian: Даниил Вячесла́вович Квят, IPA: [dənʲɪˈil vʲɪtɕɪˈslavəvʲɪtɕ ˈkvʲat]; born 26 April 1994) is a Russian racing driver. He competes in the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship for Lamborghini, under an Italian flag. Previously, Kvyat competed in Formula One (from 2014 to 2020).
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Даниил Квят | |
.jpg) Kvyat in 2024 | |
| Born | Daniil Vyacheslavovich Kvyat 26 April 1994 Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia |
| Partners | Kelly Piquet (2017–2019) |
| Children | 1 |
| Starts | 3 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  Russian |
| Active years | 2014–2017, 2019–2020 |
| Teams | Toro Rosso, Red Bull, AlphaTauri |
| Car number | 26 |
| Entries | 112 (110 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 3 |
| Career points | 202 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| First entry | 2014 Australian Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Years | 2023–2024 |
| Teams | Prema, Lamborghini |
| Best finish | 10th (2024) |
| Class wins | 0 |
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| Website | en |
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Early and personal life
Daniel Kvyat was born in Bashkortostan, Russia, on 26 April 1994. He moved to Moscow in 2000, when he started karting. Kvyat resides in Monaco. In addition to his native Russian, he is also fluent in Italian, Spanish, and English, and has some ability in speaking Finnish and Dutch.
Formula One career
Toro Rosso (2014)
Kvyat became the second driver of the Scuderia Toro Rosso (STR) Formula One team for the 2014 season, alongside Frenchman Jean-Éric Vergne. He made his debut at the 2014 Australian Grand Prix.
Red Bull (2015–2016)
Kvyat was promoted to Red Bull for the 2015 season, to replace the quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel, who would move to Ferrari. After an incident during the start of the 2016 Russian Grand Prix when Kvyat collided with Sebastian Vettel's car, team management decided to demote Kvyat back to Toro Rosso.
Return to Toro Rosso (2016–2017)
Red Bull announced that Toro Rosso driver Max Verstappen would be replacing Kvyat beginning from the following round, the Spanish Grand Prix, with Kvyat returning to Toro Rosso alongside Carlos Sainz Jr.