A1 Red Bull Ring, Sunday 9 October

Yet another conflicting two weeks has passed however, both Kvyat and Vandoorne managed to fight their way through the field to finish in 6th and 7th after a disappointing qualifying in Austria. Both drivers failed to make it to Q3 with Daniil and Stoffel starting in 13th and 15th respectively.

Stoffel out qualified his teammate in Canada qualifying in 8th while his teammate is started 9th. Mechanical troubles arose and the weekend ended with no points to take home.

DANIIL KVYAT

Race: Canada Austria Started: 9th 13th Finished: DNF (lap 61, 15th) 6th Fastest Lap: 1m23.619s (on lap 41) 1m18.209s (on lap 58) Tyres Used: US, US, US S, US, US, US

“I’m happy to finally be back in the points. We had some troubles in the last two weeks but thanks to the engineers and mechanics they’re all sorted now.

“They work so hard behind the scenes. They deserve more credit.”

STOFFEL VANDOORNE

Race: Canada Austria Started: 8th 15th Finished: 11th 7th Fastest Lap: 1m23.860s (on lap 68) 1m18.328s (on lap 58) Tyres Used: S, US, US, US S, US, US, US

“I agree with Daniil we’re just happy to be back in the points and to get rid of the reliability issues we had.

“I wouldn’t mind if we continued like this for the rest of the year.”

STATISTICS: HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Below is a head-to-head comparison between Kvyat and Vandoorne from rounds 1 to 9 (Australia to Austria). Kvyat is stronger on race pace while Vandoorne tends to match him in qualifying.