Daniil Kvyat has said that he is heading to his home race in Russia confident that Sebastian Vettel now knows him better.

Vettel, the four-time world champion, took on his younger rival in a verbal argument after the Chinese Grand Prix, following an incident that resulted in the German making contact with his Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen.

Kvyat, who held his own in the argument, has now told Russia's Sportbox: "When you fight with a driver for the first or second time, usually you begin to know him better.

"Vettel and I got to know each other better in China.

"We had a great race, I got on the podium and we realised that we can compete with Ferrari."

Kvyat said that it will be an enjoyable and yet busy home race at Sochi this weekend, with the event having been moved from October last year to May in 2016.