Surely Red Bull/Horner would have had discussions for a while with Vettel and this decision was not a surprise, regardless of what's being reported to the media? That being said, it's not surprising that they had their eye on a replacement and Kyvat fit the bill; but, to say he's going to be better than Vettel, right off the bat? Let's step back a moment and think about Magnussen, who was hailed as the "next" Hamilton, and we all know how that's going down, this season!!
What's the deal with "needing" to be the first to make a prediction, as preposterous as it might be, just to say "I told you so"??
You realise that kyvat has been in F1 for almost a season whereas mag had no experience or track record in F1 right?????
And you may even have noticed that Kyvat has put in performances against JEV who was teammates with Ricc who is teammates with Seb, allowing us to benchmark him right????
do you actually watch the races and notice the performance of drivers not in red??? why would you presume then to blindly argue against those who do???
its a form of bullying methinks
Kvyat was a test driver for a completely different car, so they have the same amount of experience in this formula, fifteen races, and whatever time spent in the simulator.
And benchmarking isn't as easy as A>B and B>C so A>C. Different eras, different cars, different rates of driver progress, different rates of car development, into areas that
one driver may prefer.
The best we can say is Kvyat and Mag hold a lot of promise but wait till they're at the pointy end to see how they travel. Like Vettel in 08 and 09. They're still both trailing
more experienced teammates, but have shown peaks of driving which show there's potential to be fully unlocked.