Daniil Kvyat praised Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda for operating at a 'high level' to start off eight days of Formula 1 winter testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Returning to the team he left at the end of 2017, Kvyat managed 77 laps with the Honda-powered STR14 to end the first day sixth fastest out of eleven runners. The Russian's time of a 1 minute 19.464 seconds set on the C4 tyres – the second-softest dry compound available to the teams – was 1.3s off of pacesetter Sebastian Vettel‘s pace for Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow on the harder C3 tyres. He also ran alongside reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton on-track midway through the afternoon session in an...
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