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Verstappen in at Red Bull for demoted Kvyat
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RED Bull replaced Daniil Kvyat with Dutch Formula One hotshot Max Verstappen for the remainder of the season yesterday in a shake-up that punished the Russian for a nightmare home grand prix last weekend.
Kvyat will return to the Red Bull-owned Toro Rosso team that he started out with in 2014 while 18-year-old Verstappen moves up to the former world champion alongside Australian Daniel Ricciardo.
The next race, fifth of the 21-round championship, is the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona on May 15.
“Max has proven to be an outstanding young talent. His performance at Toro Rosso has been impressive so far and we are pleased to give him the opportunity to drive for Red Bull Racing,” said team principal Christian Horner.
Horner said Kvyat, 22, could “continue his development... in a team that he is familiar with, giving him the chance to regain his form”.
Verstappen, 2015 Rookie of the Year, hailed his promotion as “an amazing opportunity”, but Kvyat’s demotion still came as shock even in a sport not known for second chances. “Really? one bad race and Kyvat’s dropped, what about the podium in the previous race? #Shortmemories,” commented McLaren’s Jenson Button on Twitter.
The only Russian currently on the starting grid, Kvyat has plenty of admirers but has also become embroiled in controversy.
He has clashed twice in two races with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, the four-time world champion whose place he took at Red Bull, and has struggled to match Ricciardo’s pace.
Vettel branded him a ‘madman’ in China last month for an overtake at the start that triggered a collision between the Ferraris. Kvyat was named Driver of the Day after finishing third in that race, but he had no defenders after colliding twice with Vettel in Sochi last weekend in an accident that also ruined Ricciardo’s race.
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