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Kvyat Red Bull future in doubt
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DANIIL Kvyat’s future with Red Bull was cast into doubt yesterday when the team said it would summon him for talks on his role in the multiple-collision that wrecked its ambitions in Sunday’s Russian Grand Prix.
The Russian racer rammed into the Ferrari of former Red Bull hero, four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel of Germany, twice on the opening lap of an eventful race in Sochi won by Nico Rosberg of Mercedes.
Vettel and two other drivers were forced to retire on the opening lap and both Kvyat and his Red Bull team-mate Australian Daniel Ricciardo’s cars suffered severe damage.
Red Bull boss Christian Horner apologized to Vettel and Ferrari for Kvyat’s impetuous driving and the Russian afterwards apologized to Vettel and “everyone involved”.
After the race, Red Bull’s motorsport adviser Helmut Marko, the hard-headed consultant who oversees the team for Red Bull owner Dieter Mateschitz, made clear his displeasure. “Let’s put it this way. Kvyat was over-motivated. Braking too late once and hitting another car would be acceptable in front of his home crowd, but this doesn’t apply for the second crash.”
It was the second successive race in which Kvyat had crashed into Vettel, having angered the German by careering into his car the start of the Chinese Grand Prix two weeks earlier.
Marko added that, contrary to the Shanghai crash, where he felt Kvyat’s aggression had been acceptable, he said: “This time, in contrast to Shanghai, I understand him (Vettel) completely — he is right to be so angry.”
He said the team did not want to discuss the matter in detail in Sochi because emotions were too high.
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