Hartley to call on night racing experience for Singapore

Toro Rosso driver Brendon Hartley will call upon his night racing experience in order to achieve a strong result on the Marina Bay Circuit...

Hartley will get his first chance to race at the iconic F1 circuit and will get to endure the intensity and heat of Singapore.

The Kiwi has experience in this sort of field as well; with Le Mans 24 hour racing already to his name - the driver will be looking to use that to his advantage.

"Singapore will be a new track for me and one that I have very much been looking forward to," the Toro Rosso driver admitted to the Checkered Flag. "All the drivers I have spoken to tell me it's the most physical race on the calendar, partly because it's a busy lap, but also because of the heat and humidity.

"Of course, I have done a lot of night racing throughout my career, at events like Le Mans, but with the floodlights it won't be very noticeable, unless it rains."

Hartley revealed that he has been using the simulator with Toro Rosso in order to try and get to know the track a bit better.

"Last week, I drove the track on the simulator, which, as usual, is half for the benefit of the team and half for the driver," Hartley added. "The track is accurately 3-D mapped so it was an opportunity to learn every bump and kerb. 

"It allows me to get all my reference points and hit the ground running when practice starts on Friday. From a team point of view, it means we can do a lot of set-up changes before even getting to the track, trying them out to see if the driver gets a good feeling from them in the car."