Has anyone had quite as many Red Bull chances as Daniil Kvyat? Helped by his 89 starts for Toro Rosso/AlphaTauri, the Russian is the third-highest points scorer for the ‘B’ team, behind Gasly and Carlos Sainz Jr.Īfter becoming GP3 champion, Kvyat graduated to F1 in 2014. Races with the teams: 110 (89 Toro Rosso/AlphaTauri, 21 Red Bull) He was dropped at the end of 2020, though Red Bull placed him in the DTM ahead of Albon’s F1 return with Williams for 2022. There were two podiums, but Albon was again too far away from Verstappen and was rarely close enough to help Red Bull with strategic options. Sadly, he wasn’t able to do enough in his second F1 season. Although he too failed to get close to Verstappen, Albon didn’t get as mired in the midfield as much as Gasly and did enough to keep the drive for 2020. With Gasly struggling, Albon was promoted to the Red Bull squad for September’s Belgian GP, just his 13th F1 start. The Anglo-Thai proved capable of bouncing back from crashes and showed flashes of brilliance, including a drive to sixth place in the German GP, his first experience of an F1 car in the wet. Both had their moments at Toro Rosso and were part of the programme longer than Albon, with Buemi also going on to serious achievements in the World Endurance Championship and Formula E.īut Albon, with a surprise and late call-up, made it into the lead Red Bull squad – and scored podiums once there.Īlbon was on the verge of an FE programme when Daniel Ricciardo leaving Red Bull triggered a shuffle that put Pierre Gasly alongside Max Verstappen and Albon into Toro Rosso, as team-mate to Daniil Kvyat. Sebastien Buemi or Jaime Alguersuari could have taken this spot. Races with the teams: 38 (12 Toro Rosso, 26 Red Bull) It doesn’t count their achievements at other teams. It also has a major junior driver programme, which has launched the careers of many successful drivers, including Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen.įor this list of top 10 F1 drivers, we’ve taken into account the amount of success the racers scored with Red Bull and its sister team Toro Rosso/AlphaTauri, the impact they had and the circumstances of their time within the Red Bull fold.
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