THE ROOKIE: Hartley on his 'biggest ever crash' and Days of Thunder moment
After scoring his first F1 point in Azerbaijan, Brendon Hartley came back down to earth with a literal bump in Spain. Here, the Toro Rosso rookie discusses his high-speed FP3 crash and what it's like to drive through a first-lap smokescreen...
This season we're following Toro Rosso's Brendon Hartley, on track and off, as he negotiates his first full year in F1. The series is produced in association with The Players' Tribune.
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