Toro Rosso driver Danii Kvyat also took part in the official FIA Thursday press conference ahead of the British Grand Prix this weekend where he defended Lewiusa hamilton's decision to not attend the London street demonstration.
The Russian driver said what most of us feel, it is everyone's individual right to do what is best for them, and Hamilton is no different….
Daniil, we had a big discussion in part one about the idea of using street promotions and the kind of thing we saw yesterday. What do you think of the idea of putting events on like that and reaching out to fans, in a place like Moscow for example?
I think it would work – not in January! But in summer yes, I think why not. I mean if every year, once a year, they could rotate this kind of event between one of the biggest cities of the world to promote the sport, then I think why not. Like Daniel said it was a good success yesterday I think. A lot of people there in the city centre of London. It was a cool and enjoyable atmosphere and I think it was nice for sure.
If they organised an event such as last night's again in London, would you go?
You mean every day or what? Probably no. But next year again? Why not. Wednesday? Yeah I think why not, of course.
I was just wondering, if there was anything that Liberty had come to you about, what you would like to give back to the fans. Are there any ideas that you would like to give back to the fans, anything that you would like to do to widen the audience of the sport?
Well, I just drive the car, you know. I think that's what I should be focused on. I think there are other people who know how to do their job a bit better for that.
We heard that Red Bull has a great update on the car. What are the updates of Toro Rosso, here and in the future; what is planned?
Well, it's probably not as much as these guys but we also try, we try hard and hopefully there will be some, maybe Budapest. I think we're working on it and I think that it will be efficient so let's see.
You've heard what Lewis said; do you guys feel that you've prepared any less intensively for this race by being in London and not being on a beach in Greece, for example? And just because you're not leading the championship or up there, do you feel that you haven't prepared as well for this weekend?
I think Lewis justified it very clearly. I think everyone has different preparations. I think it's enough said on the topic.
Daniil, this year Toro Rosso has shown some real pace on occasions but it seems to be quite difficult for the team to have a consistent weekend from Friday morning to Sunday night, Austria being a good example: very quick and then it fell away in qualifying. What is your feeling about that, why did it happen in Austria, for example?
I think in Austria we know really what happened in qualifying, and we dropped a bit out of the working window in the important session. Coming to the year, I would say that for my personal case, Sundays, for one reason or another, on the good days the races were not finished and I think it's very important because that's when the points are given on that day and I think that's what I'm looking for really. I've had really good Fridays, really good Saturdays, good Sundays until the car stopped but now what we're looking for is to put all three days together and that should bring good things to my side of the garage
