Brendon Hartley

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Brendon Hartley

Brendon Hartley at the 2011 Nürburgring World series by Renault round
Nationality New Zealand New Zealander
Born 10 November 1989 (1989-11-10) (age 22)
Palmerston North (NZ)
2012 GP2 Series
Debut season 2010
Current team Scuderia Coloni
Car no. 21
Starts 8
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 19th in 2011
Previous series
2004
2005–06
2006
2006–07
2007
2008
2008–09
2009–11		 Formula Ford New Zealand
Toyota Racing Series
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 Italia
British Formula Three
Formula Three Euroseries
Formula Renault 3.5
Championship titles
2007 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

Brendon Hartley (born 10 November 1989 in Palmerston North) is a New Zealand race car driver.

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[edit] Career

Hartley won the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship in 2007.
Hartley driving for Carlin Motorsport at the Croft round of the 2008 British Formula Three season.
Hartley driving for Tech 1 Racing at the Silverstone round of the 2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season.
Hartley driving for Ocean Racing Technology at the Monza round of the 2011 GP2 Series season.

Hartley was born in a family well integrated within motorsport. His father, Bryan, had raced in many forms of motorsport, most notably Formula Atlantic. At the age of six, Hartley began his motor racing career in kart racing, following his brother, Nelson's footsteps. Six years later, the young New Zealander competed in his first full–scale race championship, competing in the Formula First category. Up against many seasoned veterans, Hartley finished the season in seventh. In 2003, the thirteen year old got his first major break as he won that year's New Zealand Formula Ford Festival which resulted in him getting a drive for the following year's Formula Ford championship. In a car his brother used the previous year, he started four races and won two of them.

After a season in Formula Toyota New Zealand, Hartley moved to Europe, competing in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup (NEC). The New Zealander finished 14th and 10th in the Drivers' Championship in the Eurocup and North European Cup respectively, taking a podium position at Anderstorp in the latter. His second year in Formula Renault saw him stay in the Eurocup, but move from the NEC to the Italian championship. That year saw him take three wins in the Eurocup and three podiums in the Italian championship, and took championship title in the Eurocup. In 2007 Hartley also made his Formula Three debut in the Masters of Formula 3 at Zolder event. He finished an incredibly respectable 4th. This resulted in a test with A1 Team New Zealand and the role of the rookie driver for the series.

In 2008, Hartley competed in the British Formula Three Championship for Carlin Motorsport winning five times and eventually finished the championship in third. He would have placed higher up, due to a greater amount of retirements compared to that of his team-mates Jaime Alguersuari and Oliver Turvey. They had two each, while Hartley had six. 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 a sensational drive at the Macau Grand Prix to finish third, 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 2009,[1] 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,[2] and ended fifteenth in the championship.

He has been confirmed 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, Daniel Ricciardo. During the series' summer break it was announced that Hartley had been dropped from the Red Bull Junior Team.[3] His seat was taken by British Formula Three championship leader Jean-Éric Vergne.

Despite the loss of his Red Bull backing, Hartley made his GP2 Series début at Monza in September, replacing Vladimir Arabadzhiev at the Coloni team.[4] He scored a point in the season finale at Yas Marina to place 27th in the championship.

For 2011, Hartley returned to Formula Renault 3.5, 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 Kevin Mirocha and driving alongside Johnny Cecotto, Jr. in the Ocean Racing Technology team, for whom he had tested before the start of the season.[5] He finished in fifth place in his first race with the team, and 19th in the overall championship.

[edit] Formula One

In February 2008, aged 18, Hartley got his first taste of Formula One. He was invited to perform a show run for Red Bull Racing in Riyadh. From here he performed the initial three-day shake-down test for Scuderia Toro Rosso'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 Sébastien Buemi for Red Bull in the 2008 RB4 F1 car.[6]

For the 2009 season, Hartley was appointed as official reserve driver for both the Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso teams.[7]

However, unable to get his mandatory superlicence approved until April 2009, he was replaced in this role by retired F1 driver David Coulthard for the first races in Melbourne and Sepang.[8] Hartley made his debut as reserve and test driver at the Spanish Grand Prix on 8 May. He is the first New Zealander to achieve F1 driver status since Mike Thackwell in 1984.[9] He was replaced in the role by fellow Red Bull Junior driver Jaime Alguersuari for the second half of the season.[10] However Hartley didn't 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 season. David Coulthard again took over the role.

For the 2010 season, Hartley was again appointed official reserve driver for both Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso. He shared the reserve driver duties with his Formula Renault 3.5 team-mate, Australian Daniel Ricciardo. The two drivers shared the duties on a race-by-race basis until round six of the championship.[11] 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.

[edit] Racing record

[edit] Career summary

Season Series Team No. Races Wins Poles Points Final Placing
2004 Formula Ford New Zealand 18 6 6 239 2nd
2005 Toyota Racing Series New Zealand GVI 15 3 1 807 3rd
2005–06 Toyota Racing Series New Zealand Victory Motorsport 12 1 0 711 8th
2006 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Motorsport Arena 14 0 0 151 10th
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 14 14 0 0 21 13th
2006–07 Toyota Racing Series New Zealand Mark Petch Motorsport 1 0 0 0 NC
2007 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Epsilon Red Bull Team 14 1 1 236 3rd
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 18 14 4 6 134 1st
2008 British F3 Championship Carlin Motorsport 3 22 5 5 208 3rd
F3 Euroseries Carlin Motorsport 41 8 0 0 0 NC†
RC Motorsport
Formula One Scuderia Toro Rosso 37 Test Driver
2009 F3 Euroseries Carlin Motorsport 15 16 1 0 15 11th
Formula Renault 3.5 Series Tech 1 Racing 1 13 0 1 26 15th
Formula One Scuderia Toro Rosso Test and reserve Driver
Red Bull Racing
Macau Grand Prix Carlin 7 1 0 0 N/A NC
2010 Formula One Scuderia Toro Rosso Test and reserve Driver
Red Bull Racing
Formula Renault 3.5 Series Tech 1 Racing 7 13 0 0 50 10th
GP2 Series Scuderia Coloni 21 4 0 0 1 27th
2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Gravity–Charouz Racing 28 13 0 0 65 7th
GP2 Series Ocean Racing Technology 22 4 0 0 4 19th

† - Hartley was ineligible to score points.

[edit] Complete GP2 Series results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2010 Scuderia Coloni ESP
FEA		 ESP
SPR		 MON
FEA		 MON
SPR		 TUR
FEA		 TUR
SPR		 VAL
FEA		 VAL
SPR		 GBR
FEA		 GBR
SPR		 GER
FEA		 GER
SPR		 HUN
FEA		 HUN
SPR		 BEL
FEA		 BEL
SPR		 ITA
FEA
Ret		 ITA
SPR
Ret		 ABU
FEA
9		 ABU
SPR
6		 27th 1
2011 Ocean Racing Technology TUR
FEA
 TUR
SPR
 ESP
FEA
 ESP
SPR
 MON
FEA
 MON
SPR
 VAL
FEA
 VAL
SPR
 GBR
FEA
 GBR
SPR
 GER
FEA
 GER
SPR
 HUN
FEA
 HUN
SPR
 BEL
FEA
5		 BEL
SPR
9		 ITA
FEA
22		 ITA
SPR
20		 19th 4

[edit] Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Points
2009 Tech 1 Racing CAT
SPR
12		 CAT
FEA
9		 SPA
SPR
11		 SPA
FEA
10		 MON
FEA
17		 HUN
SPR
17		 HUN
FEA
12		 SIL
SPR
5		 SIL
FEA
13		 BUG
SPR
 BUG
FEA
 ALG
SPR
 ALG
FEA
 NÜR
SPR
13		 NÜR
FEA
2		 ALC
SPR
15		 ALC
FEA
16		 15th 26
2010 Tech 1 Racing ALC
1
6		 ALC
2
6		 SPA
1
Ret		 SPA
2
6		 MON
1
4		 BRN
1
2		 BRN
2
6		 MAG
1
Ret		 MAG
2
Ret		 HUN
1
4		 HUN
2
9		 HOC
1
 HOC
2
 10th 50
P1 Motorsport SIL
1
Ret		 SIL
2
15		 CAT
1
 CAT
2
2011 Gravity–Charouz Racing ALC
1
21		 ALC
2
Ret		 SPA
1
4		 SPA
2
8		 MNZ
1
5		 MNZ
2
Ret		 MON
1
3		 NÜR
1
15		 NÜR
2
7		 HUN
1
8		 HUN
2
5		 SIL
1
21		 SIL
2
7		 LEC
1
3		 LEC
2
20		 CAT
1
DNS		 CAT
2
3		 7th 95

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Noble, Jonathan (31 December 2008). "Hartley goes Euro Series with Carlin". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72598. Retrieved 2009-01-07. 
  2. ^ English, Steven (2009-04-15). "Hartley joins Tech 1 for three races". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74484. Retrieved 2009-04-15. 
  3. ^ Saward, Joe (20 July 2010). "Who runs Red Bull Racing?". http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2010/07/20/who-runs-red-bull-racing/. 
  4. ^ Beer, Matt (8 September 2010). "Hartley joins GP2 with Coloni". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/86482. Retrieved 2010-09-10. 
  5. ^ O'Leary, Jamie (25 August 2011). "Brendon Hartley makes GP2 return with Ocean at Spa". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/93923. Retrieved 2011-08-29. 
  6. ^ http://www.itv-f1.com/news_article.aspx?id=44666
  7. ^ "Hartley gets double role". grandprix.com. 10 March 2009. http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns21235.html. Retrieved 2009-03-11. 
  8. ^ http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/090724162117.shtml
  9. ^ "Hartley gains F1 superlicence". Stuff.co.nz. 1 May 2009. http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/motorsport/2378220/Hartley-gains-F1-superlicence. Retrieved 21 September 2011. 
  10. ^ Beer, Matt (1 July 2009). "Alguersuari becomes Red Bull reserve". autosport.com. Haymarket. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76632. Retrieved 2009-07-03. 
  11. ^ Noble, Jonathan (2010-01-26). "Ricciardo, Hartley to be Red Bull reserves". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81063. Retrieved 2010-01-27. 

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