While Monday brought good news for Alexander Albon, it also delivered bad news for Brendon Hartley who is out of Formula 1 after being ousted to make way for the Thai driver at Toro Rosso next year. Hartley simply did not deliver when he was given a second crack at Toro Rosso late last year and a full season this year. The WEC world champion with Porsche failed to come to terms with driving on the limit without traction control. By his own admission, he had to re-teach himself to drive but did not do enough to impress Red Bull management to keep him on. Nevertheless, Honda have shown their appreciation for the likeable Kiwi. Honda’s F1 technical chief Toyoharu Tanabe said in the wake of...
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