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Kvyat won't change approach despite race-ban threat
Daniil Kvyat says he will not change the way he drives despite being on the brink of a Formula 1 race ban.
Scott Mitchell
Edited: Aug 25, 2017, 1:27 PM
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Kvyat picked up one licence penalty point after qualifying for last month's Hungarian Grand Prix for impeding Lance Stroll, taking his tally to 10.
If a driver accrues 12 points in the same 12-month period, he will receive an automatic one-race ban.
Kvyat will not drop any of those points until October 23, the day after the US Grand Prix, meaning he must complete the next six race weekends without picking up two penalty points or more.
Asked by Motorsport.com if that would affect his approach, Kvyat replied: "Not really.
"We know it in the team, and obviously we will try not to get those points – it's as simple as that really. There's nothing really to be done there.
"It was very disappointing there [in Hungary], that we gifted this point. These things just happen."
Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost has admitted Kvyat needs to become more disciplined and less emotional in his driving.
Asked about his excessive number of penalty points and whether he had any message to critics outside of his team who think he's having a bad season, Kvyat replied: "I have no message. I don't care."
Kvyat has only scored four points in F1 this season and lies 17th in the championship, eight places and 31 points behind teammate Carlos Sainz.
"I had a fantastic 2015 season where I scored the most points for Red Bull," he said. "Here, I'm trying hard, but they just don't come for various reasons.
"I wish to bring as many points to Toro Rosso and we have the whole second part of the season to do it. I want to invite myself and everyone to focus on the job.
"I know if we do a clean job Saturday and Sunday it's all there [to score points]."
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