Kvyat raced in F1 under the Russian flag𝓡 but will drive ne🏅xt season with an Italian racing licence.

He is eligible because♉ he lived in Italy for many years, and is now representing the famous Italian manufacturer.

Kvyat might ha🎉ve represented Russian team G-Drive Racing ♋last year when they attempted to enter the series, but they withdrew when the country invaded Ukraine.

Kvyat curren♓tly drives for the Prema team💟 in the LMP2 class of WEC. Prema is majority-owned by DC Racing Solutions, who will also be the technical partner for the development and race programme of Lamborghini’s LMDh.

Mirko Bortolotti,❀ Andrea Caldarelli and Romaiღn Grosjean will join Kvyat next year.

Lamborghini Squadra Corse boss Giorgio Sanna said: “We are very excited to welcome Daniil to Lamborghini and believe he will be a strong asset to🐽 our LMDh project over the course of 2023.

“Daniil’s main role with us will be working closely with our engineers and mechanics on the prototype car which will debut next year and, given his vast experience in o🦩ther racing categories, I have no doubt that he will play a crucial part in us hitting the ground running in 2024.”

Kvyat said: “Lamborghini is a very we𝄹ll-known Ita𓄧lian brand with a great history in the automotive world and, having grown up in Italy, this is an additional source of pride for me."

He represented Toro Rosso and Red Bull in F1.