Brendon Hartley (born 10 November 1989) is a

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professional racing driver who is currently competing in the

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with

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. He won the

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, alongside his teammates Mark Webber and

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, and also went on to win the

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alongside Bernhard and

Earl Bamber Earl Anderson Bamber (born 9 July 1990) is a professional racing driver from New Zealand, currently competing as a factory driver for Porsche Motorsport in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTLM class. He is the 2014 Porsche Supercup a ...

. He won the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans with Bamber and Bernhard, the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans with

Sébastien Buemi Sébastien Olivier Buemi (born 31 October 1988) is a Swiss professional racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula E Championship for Envision Racing. He competed for Scuderia Toro Rosso in Formula One from 2009 to 2011. After leaving Formul ...

and

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, and the

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with Buemi and

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. He formerly competed in

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for

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, making his debut at the

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Career

Hartley was born in

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in a family well integrated within motorsport. His father, Brian, had raced in many forms of motorsport, including

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. At the age of six, Hartley began his motor racing career in

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, following in his brother Nelson's footsteps. Six years later, he competed in his first full-scale race championship, competing in the Formula First category. Hartley finished the season in seventh. In 2003, he won that year's New Zealand

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Festival which resulted in him getting a drive for the following year's Formula Ford championship. In a car his brother had used the previous year, he started four races and won two of them. After a season in Formula Toyota New Zealand, Hartley moved to

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, competing in the

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and Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup (NEC). He finished 14th and 10th in the Drivers' Championship in the Eurocup and North European Cup respectively, taking a podium position at

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in the latter. In his second year in

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, he stayed in the Eurocup, but moved from the NEC to the Italian championship. He took three wins in the Eurocup and three podiums in the Italian championship, and took the championship title in the Eurocup. In 2007 Hartley also made his

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debut in the Masters of Formula 3 at

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event, finishing 4th. This resulted in a test with A1 Team New Zealand and the role of the rookie driver for the series. In

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, he competed in the

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for

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, winning five times, and eventually finished the championship in third. He also competed in eight races in the Formula Three Euroseries for Carlin and RC Motorsport, and achieved two finishes in the points, although he was ineligible for points. In non-championship races, Hartley finished fifth at the Masters of Formula 3, and third at the Macau Grand Prix. After crashing in the qualification race, he started 20th on the grid and recorded the fastest race lap. He stayed with Carlin for the full F3 Euroseries in

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, finishing eleventh despite missing two rounds due to Formula Renault 3.5 Series commitments. In that series, Hartley competed for the defending champion Tech 1 Racing team, and ended fifteenth in the championship. He was signed at Tech 1 for a full season of Formula Renault 3.5 in 2010, where he was partnered by Australian and fellow Red Bull Junior driver,

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. During the series' summer break it was announced that Hartley had been dropped from the Red Bull Junior Team. His seat was taken by British Formula 3 championship leader

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. Despite the loss of his Red Bull backing, Hartley made his

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début at

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in September, replacing

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at the Coloni team. He scored a point in the season finale at

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to place 27th in the championship. For 2011, Hartley returned to

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, driving alongside Jan Charouz for the Gravity–Charouz Racing team. He also returned to GP2 for the eighth round of the series at Spa-Francorchamps, replacing

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and driving alongside Johnny Cecotto Jr. in the

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team, for whom he had tested before the start of the season. He finished in fifth place in his first race with the team, and 19th in the overall championship. Hartley began the 2012 season without a drive, but returned to Ocean for the second round of the championship in

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in place of Jon Lancaster. After the two rounds in Bahrain, he was in turn replaced by Víctor Guerin. He finished 25th in the championship. With no suitable single-seater drives available, Hartley joined the

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sportscar team, which was competing in the LMP2 class in the

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. Following the cancellation of the second round of the ELMS championship (which would have been Hartley's début event) and the series' future in doubt, Murphy was one of several ELMS teams invited to compete as a guest entry in the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, a round of the more prestigious

. Driving the team's Oreca 03- Nissan, Hartley finished tenth overall and third in the LMP2 class with teammates Warren Hughes and

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. The trio teamed up again for the

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, but retired from the race after completing 196 laps of the circuit. In October 2017, Hartley was offered a drive in Formula One by Toro Rosso for the

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which was held in Austin. Hartley replaced

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, who was absent contesting the

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final. It was Hartley's F1 debut where he became the ninth New Zealander to race in Formula One. In November 2018, Hartley was released from the Toro Rosso team. In early May 2019,

's WEC program announced that Hartley would be driving for the team for the full 2019/20 season, replacing the former occupant,

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. In August 2019, Geox Dragon Racing announced they had contracted Hartley for the 2019/20 Formula E season.

Formula One

Red Bull Racing (2008–2010)

In February 2008, aged 18, Hartley got his first taste of

. He was invited to perform a show run for

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in Riyadh. From here he performed the initial three-day shake-down test for

's 2008 spec car, the STR3. In November 2008, it was announced he would be providing cover for Mark Webber, who had broken his leg in a cycling accident, by performing testing duties alongside permanent test driver

for Red Bull in the 2008 RB4 F1 car. For the season, Hartley was appointed as official reserve driver for both the

and

teams. However, unable to get his mandatory superlicence approved until April 2009, he was replaced in this role by retired F1 driver

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for the first races in

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and

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. Hartley made his debut as reserve and test driver at the

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on 8 May. He is the first New Zealander to achieve F1 driver status since

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in 1984. He was replaced in the role by fellow Red Bull Junior driver Jaime Alguersuari for the second half of the season. However Hartley did not return to the reserve driver role with Red Bull and Toro Rosso following Jaime Alguersuari's promotion to a race seat, preferring to focus on his F3 and Renault World Series. David Coulthard again took over the role. For the season, Hartley was again appointed official reserve driver for both

and

. He shared the reserve driver duties with his Formula Renault 3.5 teammate, Australian

. The two drivers shared the duties on a race-by-race basis until round six of the championship. Following this race, Hartley's support from Red Bull was dropped, based on the fact he had not won a race in his season and a half in the championship. On 13 September 2012, he participated in the young driver test at Magny-Cours. He drove 87 laps for

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on the final day, setting the third quickest time behind

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( Ferrari) and Rodolfo González (

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Mercedes (2012–2013)

Hartley said that the simulator development work and the test drive with Mercedes would give him a new opportunity to get back into Formula One.

Toro Rosso (2017–2018)

Hartley made his Formula One début for Toro Rosso at the

, replacing

, who was absent to take part in the final round of the Japanese

; he raced with the number 39. He qualified in 17th position after being eliminated during Qualifying 1, but started from 19th position due to engine penalties. He finished the race in 13th position, one lap down on race winner

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. It was confirmed on 26 October that Hartley would remain a Toro Rosso driver for the remainder of the season, replacing

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, and he chose 28 (the same number previously used by

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) as his permanent race number. FIA F1 Austria 2018 Nr

On 16 November 2017 Hartley was confirmed by Toro Rosso as a full-time driver alongside Pierre Gasly for the season. Hartley scored points at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix with tenth, German Grand Prix with tenth again and the

with his highest finish in ninth. He finished the season in nineteenth place, four places and 25 points behind his teammate, albeit with two more non-finishes. On 26 November 2018 it was confirmed that Hartley would not continue with Toro Rosso for

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. He was replaced by Thai driver

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Ferrari (2019)

On 4 February 2019,

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announced that Hartley would be one of their development drivers for the 2019 season, alongside former

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and

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and current

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driver Pascal Wehrlein.

Formula E

Following his exit from Formula One, Hartley reunited with Porsche for testing ahead of the manufacturer's

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in the championship. In August 2019, it was announced he would make his debut in the 2019–20 season with GEOX Dragon Racing, partnering

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. Hartley left the Dragon Racing team with immediate effect in July 2020. Since then, he has been replaced by Sérgio Sette Câmara.

Sports prototypes

European Le Mans Series

Hartley was signed to drive an Oreca 03 for Murphy Prototypes in the

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and

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as well as the

and 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans races. This was also complemented with a drive in the

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for Starworks Motorsport in the

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category in

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. He completed all but one round in that series due to a clash for the final round of the

FIA World Endurance Championship

Porsche announced Hartley as a factory driver of the

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in the

. Over the next four years, he won the

and

. He also won the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans and placed second in

sharing the car with drivers including

, former Formula One driver Mark Webber and fellow Kiwi

. After one year in

, Hartley was back in

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, replacing

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. He finished the race on the podium, behind two Toyota TS050s. Weeks later,

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announced that he would be driving for the team for 2019/20 season replacing two-time Formula One world champion

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

Hartley kept his ties with the American racing scene driving again for Starworks Motorsport in the

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and 2015 Daytona 24 Hours. In the 2016 Daytona 24 Hour he drove with Ford Chip Ganassi Racing. This tie saw him invited to drive for Chip Ganassi's Indycar team in 2018 but he had to decline due to securing a drive in Formula One with Toro Rosso.https://www.speedcafe.com/2017/11/02/hartleys-indycar-deal-formula-1-clause/ Hartley's IndyCar deal had Formula 1 clause. Speedsport 2 November 2017 The 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship saw him do three rounds for Extreme Speed Motorsports driving a

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culminating in a victory at the

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Racing record

Career summary

Hartley was ineligible to score points.
^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) As Hartley was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete GP2 Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula One results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicates fastest lap) Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete Formula E results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Sportscars results

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete European Le Mans Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

As Hartley was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Rolex Sports Car Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap. Results are overall/class)

IMSA SportsCar Championship

¹ The No. 7 of Starworks Motorsport withdrew from the 12 Hours of Sebring before Practice.

Notes

External links

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