In 2014, in the Formula 1, Daniil Kvyat spoke for the first time, whose nationality is Russian. There was a time when no one would believe that he could become a prize pilot. Currently, Daniel is considered the best newcomer to racing sport, and Red Bull Racing took him to his team of champions. Yes, not somehow, but for the position of combat pilot for the upcoming 2015.
Daniil Kvyat - biography, parents and personal life
The future athlete was born in Bashkiria in 1994, in the city of Ufa, on April 26. Almost the childhood of the famous rider passed there.
His father Vyacheslav is an entrepreneur, in the past he was a deputy of the Kurultay of the Republic of Bashkortostan, and his mother's name is Zulfiya.
At school, the boy was fond of tennis and sometimes became the winner of school tournaments.
The family moved to Moscow. Here he first got to the go-kart center - with his father. As you know from an interview with Daniel, Kvyat claims that all the other hobbies at that moment lost their meaning - at the wheel of a map he fell in love with speed. At that time, the boy was 9 years old, and from that time he became not just a guest of the circuit, but his regular visitor, and over time it was he who broke the track record.
Soon the boy found his first coaches here. These were Pavel Guskov and Pavel Baramykov. Under their strict guidance, Daniel first got behind the wheel of a real map. The athlete went to the start of his first race career in the Sochi Karting Christmas Cup (“Mini”) and immediately became its winner. In the same 2005, Kvyat became a participant in the Russian Karting Championship ("Rocket") - here he won 12th place in the ranking. The result of the 2006 season is 13th place in the Moscow Championship, the category "Missiles".
Then the 12-year-old boy joined the Franco Pellegrini team and began to participate in the Italian MiniKart karting championship with her.
Participation in the Italian championships necessitated regular flights of the athlete from Russia to Italy. In the end, thanks to parental support, the boy moved to Rome.
Italy
In Rome, Daniil Kvyat, whose nationality only helped, began to go to school and continued his karting performances. Staying in Italy, unlike Russia, made it possible for the young man to constantly, continuously improve his skills and acquire the necessary skills. The young athlete was helped by the existing system of training riders in the country. In Europe, novice pilots are given the opportunity to independently choose coaches and immediately gain knowledge on the race track. In Russia, the opposite is true: unfortunately, here pilots are almost always left to their own devices.
2007 in the career of Daniil Kvyat became preparatory to the season of 2008th. In 2008, the athlete began working as part of the Dino Chiesa team, but in anticipation of the European Championships, it was decided to move to another team - Angelo Morsicani. According to the pilot himself, participation in the European Championship, where he was able to win 3rd place, was a turning point in his career.
At this time, the novice racer drew attention to the leadership of the Lukoil Racing team.
As a result, he was included in the international LUKOIL Drivers Support Program.
The year 2009 was an eventful and eventful one for Daniel Kvyat. He managed to become the winner of the Winter Cup (KF3), to take second place in the international series WSK (KF3), speaking for the Morsicani Racing team, and again to take third place in the European Championship (KF3). In addition to all this, he was able to come first to the finish line in the Industrie Trophy and Margutti Trophy races.
Red Bull: youth team
In the summer of 2009, the biography of Daniil Kvyat was replenished with a landmark event.
Eugene Malinovsky, the head of Lukoil Racing, spoke about the successful beginner athlete Helmut Marko, co-owner of the Red Bull project and at the same time the main talent hunter in the field of modern motorsport. After several successful starts in the Asian-Pacific championship Helmut Marko drew attention to the Russian, and he received an invitation to enter the program of support for young pilots Red Bull.
Formula BMW
Starting in August, before the contract was signed, Quat Daniel, whose nationality is Russian, underwent both psychological and physical tests.
Based on the results, he entered the Red Bull Junior Team racing program and in 2010 began performing at the Formula BMW in the Eurointernational team. Here, for 8 races, Kvyat was able to win two victories and win 5 podiums.
What does it mean to be part of the Red Bull Junior team? No longer need to worry about sources of funding, so all your free time can be devoted exclusively to racing. At the same time, company management costs and money must be paid seriously: riders who report to the Austrian company are wholly placed at the disposal of Helmut Marko, losing the right to choose a career path. It’s impossible to explain getting into the team with simple luck, although the biography of Daniil Kvyat has such cases, as long as they don’t take anyone here, only those who deserve it. At the same time, it is easier to fly out of the program than to get into it - then you need to confirm your skills every new season.
Performances in Formula Renault 2.0
Daniil Kvyat, whose nationality did not matter in the junior series, has never given occasion for Marco to doubt himself. In 2011, he managed to win the title of vice champion of the Northern European Formula Renault 2.0 Cup, while taking bronze at the European Championships.
In the next season of the Formula-Renault 2.0 series, Quat won the second place, the unfortunate mistake of the team separated him from the first.
Nevertheless, his successes were noticed, and he received a promotion - he was transferred a notch higher in GP3. Kvyat Daniel, Russian nationality, was spotted by the Russian Automobile Federation and named the pilot of the year in Russia.
2013 GP3 Champion Successful Debut
In the GP3 Championship 2013, Kvyat was disastrously unlucky: either the car didn’t want to go, then the rubber quickly wore out. But all this was just an occasion to manifest the athlete’s thoughtful approach to work.
Together with the specialists of the MW Arden team, he managed to figure out the cause of the failures, and the tires of the car stopped being destroyed in several circles. As a result, Daniil Kvyat, who was lagging behind in points (the nationality of the pilots in the races was very different), began to win in races. The main thing - he received the league title in Abu Dhabi, wresting a victory from the Argentinean Facundo Regagli.
Striking hit at Toro Rosso
The next stage in the career of a Russian was an invitation to the "Queen of Racing". There, a vacancy suddenly became vacant: Mark Webber left the championship and the Red Bull team , and Daniel Riccardo took his place there . Thus, a place was freed up in Toro Rosso, a subsidiary of Red Bull. They took him to prove excellent in the difficult season of GP3 Ufimtsa. He became the first pilot who of the GP3 moved to the place of the combat racer of the "Royal Race".
Daniil Kvyat proved the validity of the choice of the management of the company Red Bull in practice. At the beginning of the 2014 season, he was able to finish 9th, ahead of the more experienced teammate in the team of Jean-Eric Verne. Daniel’s continued success in racing showed the world that a professional and talented pilot came to Formula 1.
In March, Daniil Kvyat, whose domestic fan team is growing every day, was recognized as the best racer of Russia in 2013.
And finally, Formula 1
Traditionally, the wards of Red Bull gain experience in the youth team of Formula 1 for at least a couple of seasons. But suddenly in October it became known that Sebastian Vettel was leaving Red Bull Racing. Daniil Kvyat was immediately taken on the vacancy that appeared.
He became a Formula 1 driver at age 20 - a unique case, most have gone this year. He was helped by his obsession with racing, hours spent together with engineers to solve problems, his willingness to spend all his free time on training.
It is safe to say that Daniil Kvyat will still prove himself and take advantage of the provided opportunity - he will surely update a couple of records.