AlphaTauri Components 1 driver Daniil Kvyat says he is been getting calls about work for 2021 and insists that in the end he’ll have the ability to select what he does.
With Pierre Gasly already confirmed in the other seat at the Faenza team, Kvyat’s place stays unsure with Components 2 star Yuki Tsunoda broadly anticipated to be promoted into the staff, whereas Alex Albon can be probably within the combine if he is dropped by Purple Bull.
Nevertheless, Kvyat says he is already heard from potential employers in different classes, and his supervisor Nicolas Todt is taking a look at choices for the Russian.
“Persons are calling me for positive fairly a bit,” he mentioned. “There may be a whole lot of curiosity from the whole lot, from many locations, however proper now I do know that I will select what I can do subsequent yr anyway.
“My deal was with AlphaTauri, Toro Rosso on the time, that I do 2019 and 2020. And that is it. After which we’ll see. Nevertheless, after Abu Dhabi, no matter anybody’s resolution, I am deciding what I am doing with my life, with my profession.
“We’ll see what it is gonna be, I nonetheless do not know. For positive there’s curiosity from different individuals. I obtained calls, and it is good. It is at all times very good to have fascinating choices. And it by no means hurts.
“So I am undoubtedly in contact with individuals, Nicolas is in contact with individuals. So it could actually develop into a really fascinating factor sooner or later. I am open to many issues and I haven’t got any specific preferences for the time being. I’m nonetheless specializing in these races right here.”
Requested if he would settle for a Purple Bull/AlphaTauri reserve position he mentioned: “I do not know. I have never thought of it but. I have never thought of these sort of issues. So we’ll see what will likely be on the desk after the tip of the yr, initially.
“And then you definitely take a look at all of the issues and also you decide what fits you one of the best, what you assume it is possible for you to to do one of the best job doable in a means.
“There may be nonetheless nothing to consider but, about these sorts of issues. However in fact, I am not saying no to something earlier than it even comes.”
Kvyat admitted that one chance is to take a yr out and replicate, one thing Sergio Perez has suggested he might do if the Mexican can’t land a race seat in F1 for 2021.
“I mentioned that I’ve choices and one of many choices can be simply to have a correct vacation yr, doing one thing else,” he mentioned. “Simply get pleasure from different issues, different issues that I did not do whereas I used to be in F1.
“I am assured I will be aggressive in something. So no matter I drove often, from day one, everybody was saying to me, ‘Wow, you are actually aggressive, even when it is a fully totally different factor to F1’.
“I had a full yr off in 2018, and I barely drove something. After which I got here again to Abu Dhabi within the take a look at, I did 160 laps and I used to be right away very aggressive. So I am additionally not too anxious about that.”
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