Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A wannan kakar, an nada Hartley a matsayin direban ajiya na hukuma na Red Bull Racing da Scuderia Toro Rosso. Koyaya, ba zai iya samun lasisin lasisin sa na tilas ba har zuwa Afrilu 2009, an maye gurbinsa a wannan rawar da tsohon direba na F1 David Coulthard don tseren farko a Melbourne da Sepang. Hartley ya fara zama mai ajiya da kuma gwajin direba a Grand Prix na Spain
a ranar 8 ga watan Mayu. Shi ne dan New Zealand na farko da ya sami matsayin direba na F1 tun Mike Thackwell a shekarar 1984. An maye gurbinsa a cikin rawar da abokin aikin Red Bull Junior Jaime Alguersuari ya taka a rabi na biyu na kakar. Duk da haka Hartley bai koma rawar mai ba da gudummawa tare da Red Bull da Toro Rosso ba bayan da Jaime Alguersuari ya ci gaba da zama a wurin tsere, ya fi son mayar da hankali kan F3 da Renault World Series. David Coulthard ya sake ɗaukar rawar.