01-Jul-09: Red Bull Replace Hartley as Third Driver
July 1, 2009 by Christine
Filed under Daily F1 News
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Welcome to F1 Minute and Welcome to July! It’s the first of the month.
Red Bull announced today that they would be switching third driver Hartley for British F3 Champ Alguersuari. Apparently this has always been part of the plan, with Hartley set to concentrate on his European F3 drive. Alguersuari says his aim is to get a seat at Toro Rosso for next season, with most assuming he would replace Bourdais. However, he says: “It’s going to be tough and there is not much testing to do. But once you get to F1, everything changes. We have seen that with guys like Buemi and Vettel.”
Elsewhere, Bridgestone confirmed the tyre compounds they’d be bringing for four more races from Hungary onwards. They have dropped the extra step in compounds this time, with Hungary and Valencia having the two softest, whilst Belgium and Italy benefit from the soft and mediums. Bridgestone haven’t confirmed if the idea is gone completely but admits that for the next few races, the gap would be just too big to be safe.
That’s all for now, please join me again tomorrow for another F1 Minute.
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[...] Alguersuari sits on the Toro Rosso pitwall during the Spanish Grand Prix this year. Red Bull announced today that he will take the place of Brendon Hartley as third driver, and Alguersuari says that [...]