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| - The 2020 Formula One season drivers guide - part 2 - Fatherhood has combined with a second coming to propel the likeable 26-year-old back into F1 with a key role in a strong midfield team, as Toro Rosso are renamed after a giant red star, the Taurus constellation. Most of Kvyat's rollercoaster career has seen him with Red Bull or their sister team struggling for consistency, but he claimed a fine podium in Germany last year to secure a lead role alongside Pierre Gasly, who returned from Red Bull in mid-2019. Together they completed the team's best-ever 85 points haul for a season. - The 2017 GP2 champion made a spirited response when dropped from Red Bull to the Toro Rosso sibling team and formed a strong pairing with Kvyat, finishing an impressive second in Brazil en route to seventh in the championship. Now recovered, at 24, from a tough experience alongside Verstappen early last season, he has the speed and craft to maintain his best form and help AlphaTauri live up to their new name and image. - Still winless after 176 Grands Prix, the 30-year-old Mexican goes into his seventh year with the Silverstone-based team as one of the most reliable drivers on the grid. Ambitions for the outfit, backed by Canadian Lawrence Stroll who has bought heavily into Aston Martin, have risen and with that expectations of improved results. Fast, economic with tyres and a clever over-taker, Perez will seek to re-establish his credentials to stay in 2021 when the team is re-branded as an Aston Martin works squad. - The 21-year-old son of team owner Lawrence Stroll has shaken off talk of his cushioned arrival in F1 with Williams in 2017 and shown raw speed and a competitive zeal that has been bolstered by his two years alongside Perez. Improved consistency and concentration has shown signs of paying off and with a car improved by heavy investment in the team, 2020 could see Stroll and Perez enjoy a strong season at the head of the midfield battles. - Once derided as too young and inexperienced to merit an F1 seat, on arrival with Sauber in 2001, the 40-year-old Finn is the most experienced man in the field. After vintage years and the 2007 drivers title with Ferrari, plus seasons elsewhere, he is back where it all began, albeit under a new brand name for the Swiss team. Unquestionably fast when his machinery is to his liking, Raikkonen scored nine points finishes last season and can improve on that this year, but is unlikely to add to his 21 victories. - A focused and successful end to the 2019 season rescued the 26-year-old Italian's future after he had looked certain to be released following an unimpressive and luckless opening half-year, including crashing at Spa. The 2016 GP2 runner-up, behind Gasly, could emerge as an improving threat to reliable Raikkonen and secure a solid midfield place if he can maintain his progress. - After 164 Grands Prix and 10 podium finishes, the 34-year-old former GP2 champion remains as unpredictable as ever. Decisive, fast and spectacular at his best, he can also lose his way technically and temperamentally. After a confusing 2019, when the team were troubled by aerodynamic issues, he and Haas will be aiming for a major improvement and a smooth intra-team relationship with his often-uncompromising team-mate. - The 27-year-old Dane claimed a second-placed podium on his debut with McLaren in 2014 and has been without a repeat since that day. Fast and furious, famed for his aggression, Magnussen has been with Haas since 2017. After 102 race starts, he is, like Grosjean, in need of an upturn in fortunes to revitalise belief in his early potential. - Despite enduring a year of running at the back of the field in a sub-standard Williams, the 22-year-old former GP3 and F2 champion Russell is a Mercedes academy graduate who impressed many with his poise and potential during his rookie season. He out-qualified his vastly more experienced team-mate Robert Kubica over the season and showed flashes of great quality in some races where he was less disadvantaged by his uncompetitive car. - Like Lance Stroll, the 25-year-old Latifi is the son of a billionaire whose sponsorship of Williams has appeared to ease his passage from finishing second in the F2 championship with three race wins. The team will need to ensure he has a decent car to enable him to learn rapidly from an established if younger team-mate in what promises to be a challenging rookie season in F1. str-nr/dj
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