Kvyat 'often faster than Ricciardo' - Tost

Team boss Franz Tost says he is more than happy with Alpha Tauri's two drivers.

The Austrian suggested that both Daniil Kvyat and Pierre Gasly were given premature call-ups to the senior Red Bull team in the past years.

"We actually had no choice (about the promotions) with either of them," Tost told Formel Austria.

"In the case of Daniil, Sebastian Vettel left for Ferrari so he (Kvyat) had to make the move to Red Bull," he added.

"But he only had one season in Formula 1 behind him and he also came to the championship directly from GP3, and this is already a huge challenge."

Kvyat was ultimately demoted . . .