Former Red Bull driver claims he felt ‘betrayed’ by team after Max Verstappen swap

Former Red Bull racer Daniil Kvyat has expressed his grief over his swapping with Max Verstappen a few years back. In 2016, the former was demoted to Toro Rosso in favor of Max. Kvyat was dropped from the team only after three races. He then participated in the Spanish Grand Prix and become the youngest driver to take a victory.

Kvyat now races for the World Endurance Championship was briefly dropped by Toro Rosso in 2018. The next year, he rejoined and was part of the team till the 2020 season

Speaking of the demotion, Kvyat told the Track Limits podcast: "I felt really betrayed at that moment. It was a stab in the back and that’s life, you get stabbed in the back sometimes you know, it’s normal.

"Now it’s the past. I have another good career in racing so part of me of course is very thankful to Red Bull. The other part of me is still very unhappy with it."

"I was performing really well, and I just scored another podium for the team and then at the time I had also a proposal to race for Ferrari to replace Kimi. That was going on behind the curtain.

"So it was a very difficult situation also for me mentally to go back from being wanted by Ferrari and having seen the contract and then you go back to Toro Rosso suddenly and then you’re like, it’s not going very well suddenly."