Daniil Kvyat
Russian racing driver
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| 2025 | Chosen by DS Penske Formula E Team to participate in the Jeddah ePrix rookie free practice session, finishing 5th. |
| 2025 | Entered IMSA SportsCar Championship in the GTP class with Automobili Lamborghini Squadra Corse. |
| 2024 | Signed with Lamborghini to compete in the Hypercar class of the FIA World Endurance Championship alongside Mirko Bortolotti and Edoardo Mortara. |
| 2023 | Returned to NIO for a rookie practice session at the Rome ePrix. |
| April 2023 | Participated in the Berlin rookie drivers' test with Formula E team NIO 333 Racing. |
| March 2023 | Joined Prema Racing in the LMP2 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship, driving the No. 63 Oreca 07 alongside Mirko Bortolotti and Doriane Pin under an Italian license. |
| March 2023 | Achieved his maiden WEC podium by finishing third at the season-opening 1000 Miles of Sebring race. |
| 2022 | Served as a reserve driver for Alpine. |
| 2022 | Competed in NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series, also winning the Russian Endurance Challenge with G-Drive Racing. |
| 2022 | Competed in Russian Endurance Challenge with G-Drive Racing, winning the race and achieving 1st place |
| 2022 | Made his NASCAR debut at the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, finishing 36th after retiring due to suspension issues. |
| 2022 | Competed in three NASCAR Cup Series races for Team Hezeberg, driving car number 26 (same as his Formula One number). |
| March 6 2022 | G-Drive Racing withdrew from the FIA World Endurance Championship, cancelling Kvyat's planned participation in the LMP2 class, due to FIA sanctions related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| 2021 | Departed Formula One as the most successful Russian driver in the sport's history, with three podiums and one fastest lap across six seasons. |
| 2021 | Daniil Kvyat became a reserve driver for Alpine Formula One team, sharing the role with Zhou Guanyu. |
| 2021 | Serves as a reserve driver for Alpine. |
| 2020 | Achieved his third career podium at a rain-affected race with AlphaTauri. |
| 2020 | Drove for Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda in the AlphaTauri AT01. |
| November 2020 | Finished 14th in the championship with 32 points, and was not renewed for the 2021 season, being replaced by Yuki Tsunoda at AlphaTauri. |
| July 5 2020 | Retired from the first race of the season (2020 Austrian Grand Prix) due to a suspension failure. |
| 2019 | Rejoined Toro Rosso as a driver for the 2019 season, replacing Pierre Gasly and racing alongside Alexander Albon. |
| 2019 | Returns to Toro Rosso (renamed AlphaTauri) and takes his third career podium in a rain-affected race. |
| December 2019 | Ended romantic relationship with Kelly Piquet. |
| November 2019 | Finished 13th in the championship with 37 points, after a season with multiple points finishes including 7th in Monaco and a 9th in Britain. |
| August 2019 | Teammate Alexander Albon was promoted to Red Bull, despite Kvyat outperforming Albon in the first half of the season. |
| July 2019 | First child, a daughter, was born to Daniil Kvyat and Kelly Piquet. |
| July 2019 | Welcomes his first child, a daughter, with Kelly Piquet. |
| May 26 2019 | Achieved a 3rd-place podium finish at the rain-affected German Grand Prix, marking his third career podium and Toro Rosso's first podium since 2008. |
| 2018 | Served as a third driver for Scuderia Ferrari |
| April 2018 | Daniil Kvyat became a Ferrari development driver and drove the Ferrari SF71H for the first time during a Pirelli wet weather test at Fiorano, after failing to secure a race seat for the 2018 season. |
| 2017 | Competed with Scuderia Toro Rosso, finishing 19th in the World Drivers' Championship with 5 points. |
| 2017 | Williams technical director Paddy Lowe indicated Williams was considering Kvyat as an option for the 2018 Formula One season. |
| 2017 | Kvyat was re-signed to Toro Rosso for the 2017 Formula One season after intense speculation. |
| 2017 | Became a reserve driver for Ferrari after being replaced at Red Bull Racing. |
| 2017 | Helmut Marko confirmed Kvyat would be released from the Red Bull driver development programme between the United States and Mexican Grands Prix. |
| 2017 | Becomes a reserve driver for Ferrari after being released from Toro Rosso. |
| December 2017 | Kvyat tested a NASCAR Whelen Euro Series racecar during a young driver test, marking his initial exploration of NASCAR racing. |
| September 26 2017 | Toro Rosso announced they would replace Kvyat with Pierre Gasly due to underwhelming performance. |
| January 2017 | Began dating Kelly Piquet, daughter of three-time F1 World Champion Nelson Piquet. |
| 2016 | Replaced by Max Verstappen at Red Bull Racing following a controversial collision with Sebastian Vettel at the Russian Grand Prix. |
| 2016 | Secured Red Bull Racing's first podium of the season by finishing third in the third round of the championship. |
| 2016 | Demoted from Red Bull Racing back to Toro Rosso after colliding with Sebastian Vettel during his home Grand Prix. |
| 2015 | Promoted to Red Bull Racing and achieved his maiden Formula One podium, out-scoring teammate Daniel Ricciardo throughout the season. |
| 2015 | Completed the Formula One season in 7th place in the Drivers' World Championship with 95 points, narrowly beating teammate Daniel Ricciardo by 3 points. |
| November 2015 | Until this time, Kvyat was one of the few motor racing drivers with an FIA Super Licence but without a regular driving licence in Russia. |
| September 2015 | Crashed heavily during qualifying at the Japanese Grand Prix, flipping his car, but remained uninjured and finished 13th in the race. |
| July 2015 | Achieved his first Formula One podium by finishing second at the Hungarian Grand Prix, becoming the highest-finishing Russian driver in Formula One history and the second-youngest driver to record a podium finish. |
| 2014 | Selected racing number 26 during Formula One's rule change allowing drivers to choose their personal racing number, with no prior connection to the number. |
| 2014 | Competed full-time in Formula One with Scuderia Toro Rosso, finishing 15th in the championship |
| 2014 | Scored points in the Malaysian, Chinese, British, and Belgian Grands Prix, finishing 15th in the World Championship |
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