Toro Rosso team principle Franz Tost has insisted that Red Bull driver Daniil Kvyat will come good this season.
The young Russian has had a tough start to his Red Bull career and is already 20 points behind his team-mate, Daniel Ricciardo, in the drivers standings.
Tost, who worked with Kvyat last season at Toro Rosso, has hinted that the move may have come too soon for the 21-year-old but believes he has the ability to become a world champion.
He told F1.com: “It takes time to mature in an F1 car. That is why I say that I want to work with drivers for three years – and then hand them over.
“Daniil had only one year with Toro Rosso. He is facing car troubles and is simply not as experienced as Daniel Ricciardo, who was with us for three years and had half a year with HRT.
“Daniil is a very highly skilled driver and I am convinced that if his car is reliable he will be very fast. He will have a successful future. He is very, very skilled - he has the champion gene.”
Kvyat is currently 15th in the drivers standings.
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Toro Rosso team principle Franz Tost has insisted that Red Bull driver Daniil Kvyat will come good this season.
The young Russian has had a tough start to his Red Bull career and is already 20 points behind his team-mate, Daniel Ricciardo, in the drivers standings.
Tost, who worked with Kvyat last season at Toro Rosso, has hinted that the move may have come too soon for the 21-year-old but believes he has the ability to become a world champion.
He told F1.com: “It takes time to mature in an F1 car. That is why I say that I want to work with drivers for three years – and then hand them over.
“Daniil had only one year with Toro Rosso. He is facing car troubles and is simply not as experienced as Daniel Ricciardo, who was with us for three years and had half a year with HRT.
“Daniil is a very highly skilled driver and I am convinced that if his car is reliable he will be very fast. He will have a successful future. He is very, very skilled - he has the champion gene.”
Kvyat is currently 15th in the drivers standings.
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