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47-421: The Toyota Racing Series is an incubator and showcase for the next generation of New Zealand racing talent. The Series offers emerging drivers the chance to gain valuable experience with carbon-fibre composite chassis, aerodynamics and slick tyres. The Series has the full endorsement of Motorsport New Zealand, the sport's governing body. Until the beginning of 2017, the series was managed by Toyota Racing Management

94-552: A Tatuus FT-50 chassis with modified versions of 1.8L Toyota four cylinder 2ZZ-GE production engines which can produce 200bhp, a six speed Sadev sequential transmission with limited slip differential with a carbon fibre body and a Carbon monocoque chassis built by Tatuus in Italy to full FIA F3 specification. The cars use Michelin S308 tyres (Front 20x54x13, Rear 24x57x13) and weigh approximately 480 kg. The Toyota Racing Series switched to

141-501: A company under the leadership of Barrie Thomlinson. Previously, the country's leading drivers had to go offshore to step up to this level. High-profile graduates from the series to date include Brendon Hartley , formerly in Formula One with Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda, and Earl Bamber . The series has also seen the likes of Daniil Kvyat , Will Stevens , Lance Stroll and Lando Norris compete on their way to Formula One . For 2008,

188-637: A drive in Formula One with Toro Rosso. The 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship saw him do three rounds for Extreme Speed Motorsports driving a Nissan Onroak DPi culminating in a victory at the 2017 Petit Le Mans . Hartley lives in Monaco . He is married to Sarah Wilson; the couple got engaged in July 2016 and married in January 2018. Prior to this they had been together for about twelve years. Hartley does mountain biking and road cycling in his free time and can play

235-556: A man named Bernard Warain, a cast of the winning driver's feet, hands and signature are taken before the following year's race and put in a bronze car-wheel shaped plaque that is placed into the pavement in Le Mans' Saint Nicholas district. Tom Kristensen has won the event nine times, more than any other competitor. Jacky Ickx , the previous record holder, is second with six victories, and Derek Bell , Frank Biela and Emanuele Pirro are third with five wins each. Kristensen also achieved

282-504: A manufacturer with 19 since their first in 1970 . Audi are second with 13 wins and Ferrari are third with 11 victories. Porsche also achieved the most consecutive wins with seven victories in succession from 1981 to 1987 . German manufacturers have won a record 34 times amongst four constructors, followed by the United Kingdom with 17 victories amongst 6 manufacturers and France with 15 wins amongst 9 constructors. Joest Racing are

329-550: A new chassis called Tatuus FT-60 , identical to the Tatuus F.3 T-318 used in Europe, whereas the new engine 8AR-FTS will be a 2.0L turbocharged unit developing 270bhp. The cars have halo for the protection purposes and it weigh approximately 665 kg with driver. Source: The winner of the feature race of each round in the championship is awarded a trophy: The overall winner of the championship (based on championship points) receives

376-514: A new opportunity to get back into Formula One. Hartley made his Formula One debut for Toro Rosso at the 2017 United States Grand Prix , replacing Pierre Gasly , who was absent to take part in the final round of the Japanese Super Formula Championship ; he raced with the number 39. He qualified in 17th position after being eliminated during Qualifying 1, but started from 19th position due to engine penalties. He finished

423-426: A record six victories in succession from the 2000 to the 2005 editions. Hurley Haywood had the longest wait between his first Le Mans win and his last. He first won in 1977 and last won in 1994 , a span of 17 years and 5 days. Alexander Wurz waited the longest between his inaugural victory at the 1996 event and his second win—following 12 years, 11 months, 29 days later—at the 2009 edition. Luigi Chinetti

470-472: A series that starts after the end of the Toyota Racing Series, and accumulate points from both series towards F1 approval. The series was renamed to Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Championship for the 2023 season, joining the other various Formula Regional series around the world. The current championship consists of five rounds, each comprising three races. The Toyota Racing Series ran

517-418: Is a three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans . He won the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship , alongside his teammates Mark Webber and Timo Bernhard , and also went on to win the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship alongside Bernhard and Earl Bamber . He won the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans with Bamber and Bernhard, the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans with Sébastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima , and

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564-624: Is an annual 24-hour automobile endurance race organised by the automotive group Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and held on the Circuit de la Sarthe race track close to the city of Le Mans , the capital of the French department of Sarthe . It was first held as the Grand Prix of Endurance and Efficiency in 1923 , after the automotive journalist Charles Faroux to Georges Durand, the ACO general secretary, and

611-412: Is the oldest Le Mans winner; he was 47 years, 11 months and 9 days old when he won the 1949 event. Wurz is the event's youngest winner; he was 22 years, 4 months and 1 day old when he won the 1996 race. There have been a record 34 victors from the United Kingdom, followed by France with 28 and Germany with 18. A total of four countries have produced just one winner. Porsche have won the most races as

658-549: The 2018 season. Hartley scored points at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix with tenth, German Grand Prix with tenth again and the United States Grand Prix with his highest finish in ninth. He finished the season in nineteenth place, four places and 25 points behind his teammate, albeit with two more non-finishes. On 26 November 2018 it was confirmed that Hartley would not continue with Toro Rosso for 2019 . He

705-435: The 2020 event. Hartley would continue with Toyota into it's new Hypercar regulations. A win at the opening two rounds at Spa-Francorchamps and Portimão opened the #8 Toyota's season strongly, but Hybrid issues caused Hartley's car to spend much of the race in the pits, finishing 4th in class. Hartley's team would finish the season without coming below 2nd in the final 3 races, although this would not be enough to close in on

752-679: The 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans with Buemi and Ryō Hirakawa . He formerly competed in Formula One for Scuderia Toro Rosso , making his debut at the 2017 United States Grand Prix . Hartley was born in Palmerston North in a family well integrated within motorsport. His father, Brian, had raced in many forms of motorsport, including Formula Atlantic . At the age of six, Hartley began his motor racing career in kart racing , following in his brother Nelson's footsteps. Six years later, he competed in his first full-scale race championship, competing in

799-575: The Chris Amon Trophy Brendon Hartley Brendon Morris Hartley (born 10 November 1989) is a New Zealand racing driver , currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota . Hartley competed in Formula One from 2017 to 2018 . In endurance racing , Hartley has won a joint-record four FIA World Endurance Championship titles —tied with Sébastien Buemi —and

846-744: The Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup (NEC). He finished 14th and 10th in the Drivers' Championship in the Eurocup and North European Cup respectively, taking a podium position at Anderstorp in the latter. In his second year in Formula Renault , he stayed in the Eurocup, but moved from the NEC to the Italian championship . He took three wins in the Eurocup and three podiums in

893-534: The Spanish Grand Prix on 8 May. He was the first New Zealander to achieve F1 driver status since Mike Thackwell in 1984. He was replaced in the role by fellow Red Bull Junior driver Jaime Alguersuari for the second half of the season. However Hartley did not return to the reserve driver role with Red Bull and Toro Rosso following Jaime Alguersuari's promotion to a race seat, preferring to focus on his F3 and Renault World Series. David Coulthard again took over

940-540: The guitar . Hartley was ineligible to score points. ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) As Hartley

987-1007: The 12 Hours of Sebring before Practice. 1991   J. Plato 1992   P. de la Rosa 1993   O. Couvreur 1994   J. Matthews 1995   C. Sauvage 1996   E. Bernoldi 1997   J. van Hooydonk 1998   B. Besson 1999   G. Bruni 2000   F. Massa 2001   A. Farfus 2002   E. Salignon 2003   E. Guerrieri 2004   S. Speed 2005   K. Kobayashi 2006   F. Albuquerque 2007   B. Hartley 2008   V. Bottas 2009   A. Costa 2010   K. Korjus 2011   R. Frijns 2012   S. Vandoorne 2013   P. Gasly 2014   N. de Vries 2015   J. Aitken 2016   L. Norris 2017   S. Fenestraz 2018   M. Fewtrell 2019   O. Piastri 2020   V. Martins List of 24 Hours of Le Mans winners The 24 Hours of Le Mans ( French : 24 Heures du Mans )

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1034-520: The 2008 RB4 F1 car. For the 2009 season, Hartley was appointed as official reserve driver for both the Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso teams. However, unable to get his mandatory superlicence approved until April 2009, he was replaced in this role by retired F1 driver David Coulthard for the first races in Melbourne and Sepang . Hartley made his debut as reserve and test driver at

1081-476: The Americas actively participate in the series, as it allows them to develop their skills in an atmosphere similar to the winter ball leagues. A June 2019 FIA World Motor Sport Council decision now allows development drivers to tally Toyota Racing Series with their regular series towards FIA Super Licence points required to be in a Formula One car, meaning the driver can participate in this series, then participate in

1128-623: The ELMS season. Ahead of the 2014 season, Porsche announced Hartley as a factory driver, a duty he would fulfill by driving a Porsche 919 Hybrid in the WEC . Over the next four years, he won the 2015 and 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship . He also won the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans and placed second in 2015 sharing the car with drivers including Timo Bernhard , former Formula One driver Mark Webber and fellow Kiwi Earl Bamber . In February 2008, aged 18, Hartley got his first taste of Formula One . He

1175-527: The Formula First category. Hartley finished the season in seventh. In 2003, he won that year's New Zealand Formula Ford Festival which resulted in him getting a drive for the following year's Formula Ford championship. In a car his brother had used the previous year, he started four races and won two of them. After a season in Formula Toyota New Zealand , Hartley moved to Europe , competing in

1222-633: The Italian championship, and took the championship title in the Eurocup. In 2007 Hartley also made his Formula Three debut in the Masters of Formula 3 at Zolder event, finishing 4th. This resulted in a test with A1 Team New Zealand and the role of the rookie driver for the series. In 2008 , he competed in the British Formula 3 Championship for Carlin Motorsport , winning five times, and eventually finished

1269-560: The LMP2 class with teammates Warren Hughes and Jody Firth . The trio teamed up again for the 24 Hours of Le Mans , but retired from the race. The Kiwi remained with Murphy for the following year's ELMS season, whilst also signing on for a campaign at Starworks Motorsport in the US-based Rolex Sports Car Series . He scored a win apiece in both championships, with his impressive pace being proven by four fastest laps across

1316-526: The championship in third. He also competed in eight races in the Formula Three Euroseries for Carlin and RC Motorsport, and achieved two finishes in the points, although he was ineligible for points. In non-championship races, Hartley finished fifth at the Masters of Formula 3 , and third at the Macau Grand Prix. After crashing in the qualification race, he started 20th on the grid and recorded

1363-621: The championship. For 2011, Hartley returned to Formula Renault 3.5 , driving alongside Jan Charouz for the Gravity–Charouz Racing team. He also returned to GP2 for the eighth round of the series at Spa-Francorchamps , replacing Kevin Mirocha and driving alongside Johnny Cecotto Jr. in the Ocean Racing Technology team, for whom he had tested before the start of the season. He finished in fifth place in his first race with

1410-415: The fact he had not won a race in his season and a half in the championship. On 13 September 2012, he participated in the young driver test at Magny-Cours . He drove 87 laps for Mercedes on the final day, setting the third quickest time behind Jules Bianchi ( Ferrari ) and Rodolfo González ( Force India ). Hartley said that the simulator development work and the test drive with Mercedes would give him

1457-479: The fastest race lap. He stayed with Carlin for the full F3 Euroseries in 2009 , finishing eleventh despite missing two rounds due to Formula Renault 3.5 Series commitments. In that series, Hartley competed for the defending champion Tech 1 Racing team, and ended fifteenth in the championship. He was signed at Tech 1 for a full season of Formula Renault 3.5 in 2010, where he was partnered by Australian and fellow Red Bull Junior driver, Daniel Ricciardo . During

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1504-410: The industrialist Emile Coquile, agreed to hold the race for car manufacturers to test vehicle durability, equipment and reliability. Each overall victor is presented with a trophy bearing the event's emblem and the logo of the ACO commissioned by the sporting director Jean-Pierre Moreau in 1993. All three-time consecutive winning manufacturers permanently keep the trophy. Since 1991, at the initiative of

1551-688: The most successful race team with 15 victories and the Audi R8 is the best race-winning vehicle with five victories. As of the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans , there have been 146 victorious drivers from 20 individual countries and 25 winning manufacturers representing 7 different nations in the race's 92 editions. The first two winners were André Lagache and René Léonard in 1923, and the most recent drivers to achieve their first victory were Antonio Fuoco , Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen in 2024. All years (except 1977, 1979 and 1983) until 1985 saw two drivers per entry win before three participants per car became

1598-453: The race distance. ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) As Hartley was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap. Results are overall / class ) The No. 7 of Starworks Motorsport withdrew from

1645-426: The race in 13th position, one lap down on race winner Lewis Hamilton . It was confirmed on 26 October that Hartley would remain a Toro Rosso driver for the remainder of the season, replacing Daniil Kvyat , and he chose 28 (the same number previously used by Will Stevens in 2015 ) as his permanent race number. On 16 November 2017 Hartley was confirmed by Toro Rosso as a full-time driver alongside Pierre Gasly for

1692-417: The role. For the 2010 season, Hartley was again appointed official reserve driver for both Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso . He shared the reserve driver duties with his Formula Renault 3.5 teammate, Australian Daniel Ricciardo . The two drivers shared the duties on a race-by-race basis until round six of the championship. Following this race, Hartley's support from Red Bull was dropped, based on

1739-408: The series has also gone "green". Fuels for all cars racing in the series are now an E85 biofuel blend of 85 per cent ethanol made from whey, a dairy industry by-product; and petrol. Reduced emissions, reduced carbon "footprint" and reduced use of fossil fuels are all being showcased in this unique New Zealand programme. The 2008 New Zealand Grand Prix thus becomes the first ever biofuel grand prix in

1786-581: The series' summer break it was announced that Hartley had been dropped from the Red Bull Junior Team. His seat was taken by British Formula 3 championship leader Jean-Éric Vergne . Despite the loss of his Red Bull backing, Hartley made his GP2 Series début at Monza in September, replacing Vladimir Arabadzhiev at the Coloni team. He scored a point in the season finale at Yas Marina to place 27th in

1833-473: The sister #7 car, which would take their second consecutive world endurance championship title. Hartley kept his ties with the American racing scene driving again for Starworks Motorsport in the 2014 and 2015 Daytona 24 Hours . In the 2016 Daytona 24 Hour he drove with Ford Chip Ganassi Racing . This tie saw him invited to drive for Chip Ganassi 's Indycar team in 2018 but he had to decline due to securing

1880-562: The team for 2019/20 season replacing two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso . His time with Toyota would open with a Podium in Silverstone and a win in Fuji, where Hartley and co-driver Kazuki Nakajima secured pole for the #8 car. A string of second place results throughout the midseason would cause the number 8 car to finish behind it's sister car in the championship. Hartley would take his first of 2 24 hours of Le Mans victory in

1927-590: The team, and 19th in the overall championship. Hartley began the 2012 season without a drive, but returned to Ocean for the second round of the championship in Bahrain in place of Jon Lancaster . After the two rounds in Bahrain, he was in turn replaced by Víctor Guerin . He finished 25th in the championship. With no suitable single-seater drives available, Hartley joined the Murphy Prototypes sportscar team, which

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1974-602: The world. The short summer series (five weekends in five weeks, all in January and February) during the Southern Hemisphere summer has made the series attractive to development drivers from the Northern Hemisphere, as the series takes place during the off-season, serving as single-seater motorsport's equivalent of professional baseball's "winter ball" leagues in the Caribbean and Australia. Drivers from both Europe and

2021-422: Was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points. ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicates fastest lap) Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of

2068-602: Was announced he would make his debut in the 2019–20 season with GEOX Dragon Racing , partnering Nico Müller . Hartley left the Dragon Racing team with immediate effect in July 2020, having scored a lone top-ten finish at Diriyah . After one year in Formula One , Hartley was back in 2019 1000 Miles of Sebring , replacing Jenson Button in SMP Racing . He finished the race on the podium, behind two Toyota TS050s . Weeks later, Toyota announced that he would be driving for

2115-511: Was competing in the LMP2 class in the European Le Mans Series . Following the cancellation of the second round of the ELMS championship (which would have been Hartley's début event) and the series' future in doubt, Murphy was one of several ELMS teams invited to compete as a guest entry in the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps , a round of the FIA World Endurance Championship . Driving the team's Oreca 03 - Nissan , Hartley finished third in

2162-500: Was invited to perform a show run for Red Bull Racing in Riyadh. From here he performed the initial three-day shake-down test for Scuderia Toro Rosso 's 2008 spec car, the STR3 . In November 2008, it was announced he would be providing cover for Mark Webber , who had broken his leg in a cycling accident, by performing testing duties alongside permanent test driver Sébastien Buemi for Red Bull in

2209-423: Was replaced by Thai driver Alexander Albon . On 4 February 2019, Scuderia Ferrari announced that Hartley would be one of their development drivers for the 2019 season , alongside former Manor and Sauber and current Formula E driver Pascal Wehrlein . Following his exit from Formula One, Hartley reunited with Porsche for testing ahead of the manufacturer's debut in the championship. In August 2019, it

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