Daniil Kvyat says heไ shared some truths with the Formula 1 stewards follow🎀ing the Chinese Grand Prix and feels they knew his penalty for clashing with the McLarens was too hard on him.

The Toro Rosso driver was slapped with a drive-through penalty for his part in the 🌞Lap 1 collision with both McLaren driver Carlos Sainz Jr and Lando Norris, effectively wrecking his race, before retiring late on d𝐆ue to damage from incident.

The clash occured with Kv🍬yat on the inside of the corner, just ahead of Sainz on the outside of him, which saw him clip the Spanish driver which then sent him into Norris who was attempting to get back on ꦅthe track having gone wide.

After the race Kvyat vented his frustration at the penalty from FIA F1 race stewards andꦗ went to discuss it with them. Despite preferring to keep what was said private he believes the stewards accepted their penalty was “quite harsh” on him considering neither McLaren driver was penalised.

“We spoke, I think we found a good understanding but we disagreed on a few things,” Kvyat said. “It was a very long meeting and I think they kind of understand that they weꦏre quite harsh, I could feel it in th✨eir post-race conversation.

“I think it♉ was a normal lap-one incident — one car coming from off the track and one car being sandwiched and I think to🥃 left enough space for one car certainly.

“The other car basically goes in the chain reaction, which was the car behind me, and then it was just a normal chain reaction. I didn’t see how that incident deserved a drive-through penalty, 𒈔that’s for sure.”

With his feelings aired, Kvyat is eager to move on from the incident and hopes the stewards take into account the situation next time🌞.

“We want to respect this agreement,” he said. “It’s just that I think the incident was🌳 a very basic first-lap sandwich misunderstanding.

“There 💝were three cars in one corner on exit. It w𒐪as a chain reaction incident and I got hit. That’s what I felt, I got hit from behind. That’s all I felt. So, for me it was very clear.”