Toro Rosso was the test bed for Red Bull's nascent Honda era, a fact that compromised both their rookie drivers Pierre Gasly and Brendon Hartley, nevertheless the Frenchman impressing his bosses enough to be promoted to the senior team while the Kiwi did not do enough to warrant retaining his seat on the grid. Hartley, a double WEC world champion, struggled to come to terms with the current era Formula 1 after years of high-tech traction-control that was bolted onto his Porsche LMP1 prototype but not on his STR13. He came good late in the season, but it was a case of too little too late. Gasly was solid and bagged 29 of the team's 33 points, compared to his teammate's paltry four. His...
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