Kvyat believes Toro Rosso are in the "fighting mix"

Daniil Kvyat believes Toro Rosso as a team are in the mix following the opening Grand Prix of the season in Australia, which saw the Russian secure points with a tenth place finish on his return to Formula 1.

Toro Rosso had a whole new lineup for 2019 but performed better than expected with Kvyat finishing tenth as he held of Pierre Gasly of Red Bull. Alexander Albon didn’t fare so well but still performed well on his F1 debut as he finished P14.

Kvyat expressed his pleasure at being in and around the points as he emphasised the strength of the midfield in his pre-Bahrain press conference.

“The race itself was very…. There was quite a lot of action, so in the end to score the point at the end of the first race of the season is always good and we just look ahead.

“Here it’s a different kind of circuit so we’ll see what we can achieve here now,” Kvyat added as he looked toward his second race back.