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Daniil Kvyat expecting “tight” midfield battles with Toro Rosso again in 2020

Daniil Kvyat expecting “tight” midfield battles with Toro Rosso again in 2020

28-12-2019 14:07

Bevan Youl

Toro Rosso driver Daniil Kvyat says that he expects the midfield battle to be “tight” against the likes of McLaren, Renault, Alfa Romeo and SportPesa Racing Point with the minimal regulation changes for 2020.

Kvyat had a successful return to Formula 1 with Toro Rosso, who will be rebranded as Alpha Tauri next year, in 2019 as he finished 13th in the championship with a high of third place at the German Grand Prix.
 
Pierre Gasly added to that in Brazil when he finished second, helping the Red Bull junior team finish sixth in the championship.
 
Toro Rosso benefitted from a big improvement from engine supplier Honda with Kvyat hoping for a bigger step up in 2020.
 
"Honda made a big step this year, and next year if it can be even more of a step then it'd be great," Kvyat said as quoted by GPToday.net.
 
"From that point, I'm not too worried. I think the progress was good.
 
"The chassis was similar. We have to keep working and improving our package."
 
The regulations for 2020 have little change to them as F1 prepares for its biggest overhaul in recent years in 2021.
 
Kvyat feels he and Toro Rosso need to make as much improvement as possible for next year, hoping to be challenging further up the midfield.
 
"It doesn't seem like there will be a very big regulation change next year in any era so we need to be on top of our game to improve the car as much as we can," he added. 
 
“Hopefully we can do that.
 
"We can't set any exact expectations. We will probably be around the midfield zone again. It's going to be tight again. 
 
"But we'll try to do our best to be as high up the order as we can."