Russian driver Daniil Kvyat completed his Formula 1 performances.

Next year, his place in AlphaTauri will be taken by the debutant of the "royal races" Yuki Tsunoda from Japan.

Kvyat leaves the main auto racing series, taking part in six world championships and becoming the most successful domestic pilot in history.

The fact that AlphaTauri wants to sign 20-year-old Tsunoda and say goodbye to Kvyat has been written in the auto racing media for the past few weeks.

The Russian pilot was ready for this and demonstrated in every possible way in an interview that he had come to terms with the decision of the team bosses.

The latest results could still give a faint hope that in the next season Kvyat will remain Pierre Gasly's partner - in Bahrain and the UAE, he reached the final qualifying segment three times and twice bypassed the Frenchman in the race.

After that, the native of Ufa even jokingly said that now Red Bull sports consultant Helmut Marko will think about a new contract, but the miracle did not happen.

Having become the AlphaTauri record holder in the Grand Prix, the Russian left the team.

Its head Franz Toast thanked Kvyat for the work done this year.

“Since next year Yuki will be our pilot, we are saying goodbye to Daniil Kvyat.

I want to thank him from the bottom of my heart for his contribution to the work of our team, especially this season.

He helped us a lot with his experience in tuning and improving the performance of the cars, ”said Tost.

Japanese engine manufacturer Honda, which supplies Red Bull and AlphaTauri, hasn't forgotten about Kvyat either.

“From all of us at Honda, thank you, Daniil Kvyat!

Together we have achieved success that we could only dream of.

It was a real pleasure to be a part of our family and history.

Burn, DK! "

- wrote the press service of Honda.

Last season, Kvyat took 14th place in the overall Formula 1 standings among 23 drivers, gaining 32 points.

This is five less than last year, but then the Russian spent four more races.

If we compare the past season with the previous one in terms of the average number of points scored per race, then Kvyat performed better.

His main achievement in the championship shortened due to the pandemic was the fourth place at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, to which he rose from the eighth starting position.

However, against the background of the achievements of his partner, Kvyat's results are becoming more modest.

Gasley finished tenth ahead of Lance Stroll, Esteban Okon and Sebastian Vettel, whose teams in the Constructors' Cup were above AlphaTauri.

On account of his victory at the Italian Grand Prix, which brought only seven points less than Kvyat scored for the entire season.

The Frenchman has beaten a team-mate 13 times in qualifications, and for teams that rarely score points, this is a key indicator to compare the strength of the pilots.

As a result, Gasly received a new contract with AlphaTauri for a long time, and the owner of the second place in the team became known three days after the end of the season.

For the entire time of his performances in Formula 1, Kvyat went to the start 110 times (twice more his car stalled before the start of the Australian Grand Prix), and by this indicator he takes 67th place in history.

In terms of the sum of points, Kvyat completely closed the first fifty best racers.

The Russian has not yet spoken specifically about his future plans.

He only mentioned after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that he wants to rest next year and return to the "royal races" in 2022.

Once, in 2019, he already managed to resume his career after a break.

According to the former Renault World Series racer Nikolai Martsenko, Kvyat has not yet said his last word in Formula 1.

He is confident that the experience gained since 2013 will help to return, but for this, his agents will have to do a lot.

“Now everything will be in the hands of the manager Kvyat.

There is no doubt that Daniil is a talented driver.

When he feels comfortable, he performs well.

The question is in which team he will be able to regularly show his potential.

Due to the lack of some stability, Kvyat was unable to play in the top Red Bull team.

He has the option of taking a year off, taking a break, and then taking on some kind of backup role in Formula 1.

Then, perhaps, find a place in one of the teams.

Daniil has a lot of experience behind him, "Martsenko told the Championship.

Another Russian ex-driver of Formula 1, Sergey Sirotkin, recalled that there are too many candidates for participation in the races, and it is not so easy to restart a career in them.

“I think we all want to believe that there is a chance to return.

In fact, Danya has already proven this once.

If he will have a second chance, I don't know.

By my example, I can say that it is very, very difficult.

And on the example of Nico Hulkenberg, too: he is a strong pilot, but at the moment it is not clear whether he will be able to return.

It is unclear what will happen to Sergio Perez if he is not now signed by Red Bull.

If he misses the season, he will also try to return.

There are a lot of candidates besides Dani.

It won't be easy in any case, and I want to wish him good luck and all the best both in the next year and in 2022, "Sirotkin said in a conversation with the Championship.

Formula 1 commentator Alexei Popov noted that relations between Kvyat and AlphaTauri could have deteriorated at the last moment, given how they said goodbye to him after several seasons with the team.

“To be honest, it really hurt me.

I carefully read this entire AlphaTauri release from cover to cover - and there was not a single word about Kvyat.

Then on Twitter Honda wrote ... He spent most of the races for the team, and from her not a word in the release.

But Honda published a group photo with Danya, wrote warm words.

Only after that, and then after some time, one tweet from AlphaTauri with a quote from Toast.

And the quote is so very cold, even in comparison with the Honda ... What cat ran between them? "

- said Popov on his YouTube channel.

With the departure of Kvyat, Russian car racing fans will have someone to support in Formula 1.

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