Daniil Kvyat Gives his Suggestion to Tweak the Race Weekend

Published 05/07/2019, 4:51 AM EDT

Follow Us

via Imago

It is safe to say that Toro Rosso driver Daniil Kvyat is not a fan of Friday practice sessions. In fact, the Russian is of the opinion that Formula 1 abolish Friday running altogether. His reasoning was that all the F1 teams already know too much about the cars

America’s Favorite Video Today

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix was proof enough for Daniil Kvyat especially after the incident involving George Russell. The British driver struck a manhole cover and wrecked the underside of his car. As a result, opening practice was forced to be cut short while thorough checks were conducted on the entire circuit.

Now, the debate revolving around limiting F1 events to two days has resurfaced once more. Kvyat suggested that there was no real harm in having a solitary practice session on Saturday. However, he did mention that an extra day would probably be needed for brand new venues.

ADVERTISEMENT

Article continues below this ad

via Imago

“Maybe we need to just come on the track on Saturday,” said Daniil Kvyat to Motorsport.com. “That’s it. Honestly we are so up [to knowledge] on all the tracks we know.”

“I think we need to allow extra time on new tracks, like its going to be Vietnam or something, maybe, but I don’t know.”

ADVERTISEMENT

Article continues below this ad

“It’s up to F1 people to decide, what is best and what is not. Every driver is different. Someone needs maybe five hours. But not me.”

Red Bull boss Christian Horner agreed and cited the possibility of adding more venues would necessitate the move.

“I think it depends on how many races we end up with,” he said. “If we end up with more races, we arguably do need to condense the time.”

ADVERTISEMENT

Article continues below this ad

“We saw that one session worked well enough on Friday [in Baku], so maybe just one good session is the way to go. Then parts and people can turn up a little bit later and one session is enough for the weekend.”

SHARE THIS ARTICLE :

ADVERTISEMENT

Written by:

Dhruv George

14,307Articles

One take at a time

Dhruv George is a senior Formula One and NASCAR analyst for EssentiallySports, having authored nearly 12000 articles spanning different sports like F1, NASCAR, Tennis, NFL, and eSports. He graduated with a PG Diploma in Journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications. Dhruv has also conducted interviews with F1 driver Pierre Gasly and Moto2 rider Tony Arbolino.
Show More>

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT

EDITORS' PICK

America’s Favorite Video Today