Kvyat: Sooner or later the result will come

Many believe that the final nine races of the 2017 Formula 1 season will make or break Daniil Kvyat who is enduring a problem packed season with Toro Rosso, while his teammate is shining.

Kvyat was a hot property when he made his debut for Toro Rosso at the 2014 Australian Grand Prix, and a year later he was chosen over Jean Eric Vergne to progress into the Red Bull senior team alongside Daniel Ricciardo.

The Russian was never in Ricciardo's league and his fall from grace was pretty swift - after a season and four races he was demoted back to the Toro Rosso outfit with Max Verstappen stepping up to the big team.

Red Bull management - led by notoriously impatient Helmut Marko - have been astoundingly kind to the Russian who has simply not improved and is being out-classed by Carlos Sainz in the sister car. The Spaniard is ninth in the championship with 35 points, while the Russian is 17th with four points.

But Kvyat is adamant he can turn things around, "No changes are necessary as the only thing we really need is a clean weekend, without any issues. If all the pieces of the puzzle are in place, it's quite simple in fact. I'd put it like that: it's much easier than it may seem to someone, who's not involved. Everything works well, so yeah, no need for significant changes. Our pace is good, and results would be good as well."

"Talking about my side of the garage, I believe we show some good pace in qualifying. Especially during the weekends, when we managed to get the car into the optimal performance window. Setting up the car is a real challenge this year because of the very sensitive aero, which is now a major component."

"That is something we fail to do properly on some occasions, and it may lead to dramatic consequences. But in general, whenever we have a clean session, the pace is high on both Saturdays and Sundays. And this is something that makes us feel optimistic. Again, we just need to try and have a clean weekend, and the rest will be there."

Looking for positives Kvyat added, "The season opening was quite promising. I believe that in general, we had many promising weekends, but we just didn't manage to get the maximal outcome. It was either technical issues, or I got in trouble during the first lap, which happened twice, what prevented us from scoring more points. Many times we had minor issues here and there which damaged us big time."

"But in situations like that, you just need to be patient. Sooner or later, the result will come: we have all the necessary ingredients. So, we just need to continue doing our work, trying to have cleaner Saturdays and Sundays and the reward will be there. Everything is under control, and you need to be pleased with your job, enjoy doing it. That's the recipe," explained Kvyat.

Going into the summer break it appears that both Kvyat and Sainz will remain with Red Bull for another year, but much can happen in the nine remaining races and highly rated Pierre Gasly is waiting in the wings for his break.