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Before the era of Max Verstappen at Red Bullthe podiums of the Austrian team Formula 1 were fought for Daniil Kvyat, but everything changed when in 2016 the Dutch ‘hurricane’ arrived to replace it; By 2020 it was separated from Kelly Piquet (current girlfriend of ‘Mad Max’).
To date, he still has an indirect link with Verstappen due to Penelope Kvyatthe daughter he had with Kelly Piquet, who in the Japanese Grand Prix 2024 She stole the F1 cameras when she was caught celebrating her victory: “Max, yeah!”
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Who is Daniil Kvyat, former Red Bull driver?
Daniil Kvyat was in European Formula 3 in 2013, where he was on the podium seven times, and also won a race on the Zandvoort circuithis great performance in this category took him to Red Bull’s second team, Toro Rosso, in 2014, replacing Daniel Ricciardo.
After one season, Daniil was promoted to Red Bull in 2015 as replacement for Sebastian Vettel. Although he had a great result in the championship, where he scored up to 95 points, it was not the same the following year.
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Although he was seen as a ‘diamond in the rough’after his poor results in the first races of the 2016 season, Kvyat was replaced by the young Max Verstappen and was sent back to Toro Rosso.
“This is life, sometimes they stab you in the back, it’s normal, but now it’s in the past. I have another good career in the motoringso part of me is very grateful to Red Bull and another part of me is very unhappy with that,” said the Russian pilot in the podcast Track Limits.
In 2018, the Russian left as Ferrari’s third driver, a year later he again reached Toro Rossoteam later called AlphaTauri.
Did Daniil Kvyat reject Ferrari?
Kvyat confessed that in his best time as a driver he rejected a Ferrari offer to replace Kimi Raikkonen in the 2016 season.
“I was doing very well, I got another podium for the team in the Chinese Grand Prix 2016 and at that time I received an offer to replace Kimi at Ferrari. Behind the scenes, that was what was happening,” she commented in statements recovered by Motorsport.
The opportunity did not return: “Mentally, it was very difficult for me to suddenly return to Toro Rosso after Ferrari asked me and I saw the contract and suddenly everything went wrong”.
What happened to Daniil Kvyat?
The driver’s career changed course and, although it seemed that he was moving away from motor sport, he remains related to the International Automobile Federation (FIA).
Daniil Kvyat is part of Prematrimonial Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championshiphas been in this category since 2022 with G-Drive Racingbut the team withdrew due to sanctions imposed on Russia over the conflict with Ukraine.
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What happened to Kvyat, Kelly Piquet and their daughter?
Daniil maintains many reservations about his private lifehis ex-partner has not made many statements Kelly Piquetit is only known that both began a relationship in 2017, when he was 23 years old and she was 29. “It all started in Monaco, during August and the F1 holidays,” he told Motorsport.
Since then, he appeared with the model on carpets and important events, everything was going well and in 2019 they had their daughter, Penelope. In 2020, both confirmed that their relationship had ended, neither gave details.
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After announcing Kvyat’s breakup, there was speculation that Kelly was dating Max Verstappen; However, the couple did not confirm their relationship until early 2021 with a post on Instagram.
In late 2022, Kelly talked about ‘Mad Max’ in an interview with Vogue Netherlands: “I think we have a very healthy relationship, easy to get along with, we understand each other and we support each other. One might think that the age difference could be a challenge, but so far things are going very well. I also really appreciate how he treats Penelope. It’s very cute to see. Always ask about her”.
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