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Kvyat doesn't understand Toro Rosso's lack of pace
Jake Williams-Smith
Daniil Kvyat says he doesn't fully understand where Toro Rosso's speed has gone after a difficult weekend in Azerbaijan.
The Russian was forced to retire from the race after a bizarre incident with Daniel Ricciardo in which the Australian mistakenly reversed into the Toro Rosso driver, causing damage to both cars that would lead to eventual retirement.
Speaking to Autosport after the race, Kvyat admitted he didn't quite understand where the team's speed had disappeared to, with rookie teammate Alexander Albon also struggling during the race.
“We lost a big amount of grip all of a sudden,” Kvyat said.
“It was like a big warning. So we think we got something slightly wrong. I don’t know whatever it is, but we need to analyse it now and we can learn from it.
“When we pitted for the yellow [medium] tyre, C3, it wasn’t looking too bad. The pace still wasn’t excellent enough to match perhaps McLaren, but we were hanging there.
“We were still in a race for a point or a couple of points, and obviously Daniel caught [me].”
