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Plans to oust Hartley were 'set in motion' at Monaco
Brendon Hartley has revealed that a plan last season by Red Bull to unseat the Kiwi from Toro Rosso was put in motion as far back as the Monaco Grand Prix. Hartley was entrusted with an F1 driver at the 2017 US Grand Prix as a result of a game of musical chairs at Toro Rosso that involved Carlos Sainz in-season transfer to Renault and Daniil Kvyat's premature exit. The Kiwi was confirmed at the Faenza squad for 2018 but was out-performed by team mate Pierre Gasly in the opening few races of the year, a shortfall that led to doubts creeping in at Red Bull. Writing a final chapter of his F1 diary for The Players' Tribune, Hartley let out his frustrations as he recounted his weekend in Monaco...
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