Former Red Bull and Toro Rosso racer Daniil Kvyat has been appointed as Ferrari's development driver in Formula 1, the team has announced.
Long-time Red Bull junior Kvyat graduated to Formula 1 with Toro Rosso in 2014 and was promoted to the senior team for 2015, in place of Ferrari-bound Sebastian Vettel, and scored two podiums during his time at the squad.
However, Kvyat was replaced at Red Bull by Max Verstappen in May 2016 and returned to Toro Rosso, where he struggled for results, taking only a handful of points, a trend which continued into 2017.
Kvyat was dropped by Toro Rosso after the Singapore Grand Prix and, while he made a one-off return for Austin, was axed altogether from Red Bull's programme, ending his lengthy spell affiliated with the company.
With no available drives on the 2018 Formula 1 grid, with Williams poised to recruit Sergey Sirotkin, Kvyat has netted a development role with Ferrari, which is likely to involve extensive simulator work, demonstration runs, and potential test outings.
Ferrari already has Sauber rookie, and reigning F2 champion, Charles Leclerc, under its wing, while reserve driver Antonio Giovinazzi is set to participate in six practice runs with the Swiss squad through 2018.
