Australian GP: Record-breaking points finish "intense" - Kvyat

The Toro Rosso driver overtook Sebastian Vettel as the youngest driver to score a world championship point by finishing 10th in Melbourne, right behind team-mate Jean-Eric Vergne, aged 19 years, 10 months and 11 days.

"It was a very intense afternoon and finishing my first race with a point is a great feeling," he said.

"It was a fantastic first grand prix weekend with the team. Everyone worked really hard and scoring a point was a great way to end it.

"We had a really close battle with JEV, but in the end we had to postpone it because we were a little bit short on fuel. It was a really good race, I enjoyed it, and great job from the team.

Kvyat added that one of the toughest aspects of his debut grand prix was the length of the race.

"It was a really long race. The longest race I'd ever had was 35 minutes, and this was one and a half hours. I knew it was going to be long, and I finished my drink early on, so it was quite tough over the last laps. But anyway, it was good."

Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost heaped praise on his rookie post-race, suggesting that it would not be the last point the young Russian scores.

"I'm very happy for Daniil, who has just become the youngest driver to score a point in his first ever Formula 1 race. This is very promising and I'm convinced that this is the first of a long series."