Daniil Kvyat stated that he believes in Charles Leclerc's ability as a F1 driver and that there is nothing stupid in knowing this fact. However, he had to prove his ability too by overtaking the spectacular Ferrari at Piratella last weekend.
The Russian F1 driver had showcased a brilliant restart after the safety car was deployed at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. He made complete use of the soft tyres which is why he gained the fourth place.
Daniil Kvyat not only showed his brilliance in driving by moving past Sergio Perez and Alex Albon in the race but also showcased a decisive move by moving past Leclerc at Piratella, to try gain the Podium finish that his team was eager in taking away from the Silver arrows.
Kvyat stated that he knew immediately before the race that he could not hesitate in making his moves.
"I knew I had a bit of a warm up advantage over those guys with the hard tyres, and I had to use it immediately otherwise they would warm their tyres up," the AlphaTauri driver explained.
"So I basically just tried to get as good an exit as possible out of last corner, and get the good slipstream.
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"I saw that Sergio was hesitating a bit where to go and then he went to the right. I said: 'okay, I'll take more slipstream out of Alex's car and try and go to the left.'
"I was hoping he wouldn't make any strange moves because it could be very like costly at that speed. It was very tight and there was not a lot of space in there, but I managed to have a good braking into Turn 1."
After he got past Perez and Albon, Daniil Kvyat set about closing down and getting past Leclerc and he knew well that he had to do something quickly if he had to capitalise on his tyre advantage.
"Sometimes you have to invent things a bit," he said about the decisive Leclerc move. "I knew that he [Leclerc] didn't have as much confidence as me, because his tyres were colder. And I said, 'let's see how he's going to react.'
"I had a good run out of Tosa. I tried to prepare as good an exit as possible out of there, and I got a good traction.
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"I used a bit of boost and good slipstream. It was a very short slipstream, but good. And then I just tried to brake a bit later than him. I saw that he braked earlier than me and I thought if I leave him enough space on the inside, I'll make it. That's exactly what happened. And also, you can trust certain drivers a bit with these kind of things."
"I used a bit of boost and good slipstream. It was a very short slipstream, but good. And then I just tried to brake a bit later than him. I saw that he braked earlier than me and I thought if I leave him enough space on the inside, I'll make it. That's exactly what happened. And also, you can trust certain drivers a bit with these kind of things."
