F1 | Sakhir GP | Kvyat: "The Best Lap Of This Year For Me"
Scuderia Alpha Tauri's Daniil Kvyat starting sixth on the grid for Sunday's Sakhir Grand Prix reflects on his highest starting position in 33 races.
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His team mate Pierre Gasly, who will start ninth, was outqualified by the AlphaTauri racer under the lights to fit the grid position he last took at the 2019 Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku.
The driver says, "It was tidy, one of the best, probably the best lap of this year for me in quali, so I’m happy with that. [It was] tricky in the beginning with traffic. It’s tricky to get the lap right, so only in Q3 I felt like I put it together the first time. It was a very good result so I’m happy with my driving and with the car. Hopefully tomorrow we can keep it up."
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This is the second week in a row that F1 will race in Bahrain. Although, drivers are tackling to stay on the Outer Loop layout this weekend as opposed to the normal Grand Prix track. Kvyat mentioned he felt good at this track last weekend in the car, only to struggle to get the limit when it counted, as he qualified 10th.
To continue, "Last week I was very happy in qualifying here, I just didn’t put the lap together in Q3 last week. Today I put the lap together in the right moment and it mattered."
This will be Kvyat's third Q3 appearance in the last four races, which coincidentally as his next year's seat on the grid seems increasingly under pressure, with the ex-Red Bull driver having struggled to make Q3 at all in the year's opening 12 Grands Prix.
Kvyat lastly comments, "he pace was always there for the last few races," he said, "only with a few exceptions, otherwise I’m happy with how things are going. We just need to do a good race tomorrow, keep it clean like today and the result will be good."
On six occasions this year, Kvyat socred points, with the best P4 finish at Mugello. This looks promising for the Russian leading up to Sunday's race.
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