Daniil Kvyat deserves another chance to impress in Formula 1 after being dropped by Toro Rosso in 2017, says team principal Franz Tost.
Kvyat was promoted to Red Bull after a single season at Toro Rosso, but returned to the junior team four races in 2016.
Tost said Kvyat’s speed was never in doubt but admitted he had been promoted to Red Bull too quickly.
“I always say that a young driver needs two to three years to understand and deliver in the complicated world of F1,” said Tost, “but Daniil showed his natural speed from the very beginning.