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Brendon Hartley: Red Bull plans to axe me started in Monaco

Former Toro Rosso driver Brendon Hartley believes there were plans afoot to oust him from the team as early as the Monaco Grand Prix during his maiden Formula 1 season in 2018. Hartley 's season was plagued with questions over his future at the Italian outfit, even with rumours rife Toro Rosso had enquired about the services of McLaren's Lando Norris. Despite this, he managed to keep hold of his seat until the final race in Abu Dhabi, where moments after the race he was told in a meeting with Red Bull senior management, he would not return to the team in favour of Alexander Albon for 2019. Hartley opened up about his maiden F1 campaign in his final entry for 'The Players...
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