Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Mo te wa, i tohua a Hartley hei kaihauturu rahui mana mo nga roopu Red Bull Racing me Scuderia Toro Rosso. Heoi, i te kore e taea te whakamana i tana raihana raihana a te Paenga-whawha 2009, ka whakakapihia ia e te kaihauturu F1 kua reti a David Coulthard mo nga whakataetae tuatahi i Melbourne me Sepang. I tīmata a Hartley hei kaihautū tāpui me te kaihautū whakamātautau i te
Ko te Whakataetae Nui o Paniora i te 8 o Mei. Ko ia te New Zealand tuatahi ki te whakatutuki i te mana taraiwa F1 mai i a Mike Thackwell i te 1984. I whakakapihia ia e te kaihauturu Red Bull Junior a Jaime Alguersuari mo te haurua tuarua o te waa. Heoi kaore a Hartley i hoki mai ki te mahi taraiwa taapiri me Red Bull me Toro Rosso whai muri i te whakatairanga a Jaime Alguersuari ki te nohoanga whakataetae, i pai ki te arotahi ki tana F3 me te Renault World Series. I riro ano a David Coulthard i te mahi.