Daniil Kvyat says the current engine penalties are like making a sprinter start the 100m final 50 metres behind his rivals because he's injured and wants to see the regulations changed next season.

Red Bull have already moved on to fifth and sixth power units for both drivers, with only four allowed in the regulations before penalties are incurred. McLaren made headlines in Austria when they accumulated 50 places of penalties, 25 each for Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button, due to the current regulations.

The engine penalties punish teams for a lack of reliability and Kvyat thinks it is unfair on the driver to get a further handicap after suffering an issue.

"I always found this rule a bit ridiculous, to be honest," Kvyat said. "I think Formula One first of all is a sport, and I don't know in any other sport where you get an injury and you have to start even further back. Let's say a sprinter gets an injury and then in the 100 metre sprint you have to start 50 metres further back - I don't think that would be really fair."

Kvyat hopes the 2016 regulations amend the current way penalties are handed out.

"The rules are what they are, and hopefully they will realise that it's not really right and hopefully for next year they will correct this."