Daniil Kvyat insists he is not making a last-ditch effort to hang onto his place in Formula 1. “I don’t think there is any connection there,” he said. “In Formula 1, you always strive for good results, not just for the immediate future but for the more distant future. “At that time I didn’t know about Tsunoda anyway, and even now, apparently we do not know it since there is no official confirmation.”. When asked if his current form would have helped Dr Helmut Marko to make a different decision about 2021 some months ago, Kvyat answered: “I don’t know, but it could have helped.

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