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Crucial Ferrari test fueled Kvyat's comeback aspirations

AlphaTauri's Daniil Kvyat says a crucial test with Ferrari at Fiorano in 2018 reignited his desire to return to Formula 1. After an inconsistent spell in F1 with Toro Rosso and Red Bull Racing that ended with his premature departure from the grid after the 2017 US Grand Prix, Kvyat found refuge at Ferrari the following year, the Russian being handed a simulator role with the Scuderia. Kvyat's arduous sim work was rewarded with a run in a Ferrari SF71H when he was entrusted with a Pirelli wet weather test at Fiorano. Kvyat remembers the day as a mental turning point that would help him get back in the saddle when Red Bull's Helmut Marko gave the 25-year-old a second shot at F1 last year...
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