Brendon Hartley
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Brendon Hartley at the Silverstone Round of the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship
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| Nationality |
 New Zealander |
| Born |
10 November 1989 Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Current team | Porsche |
| Car no. | 17 |
| Former teams | Murphy Prototypes |
| Starts | 29 |
| Championships | 1 (2015) |
| Wins | 8 |
| Poles | 8 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2015 |
| Finished last season | 1st |
| Previous series | |
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2009–11 2008–09 2008 2007 2006–07 2006 2005–06 2003–04 2002–03 |
Formula Renault 3.5 Series Formula 3 Euro Series British Formula 3 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Toyota Racing Series Formula Ford New Zealand Formula First New Zealand |
| Championship titles | |
| 2007 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Participating years | 2012- |
| Teams |
Porsche (2014 - ) Murphy Prototypes (2012-2014) |
| Best finish | 2nd (2015) |
| Class wins | 0 |
Brendon Hartley (born 10 November 1989) is a New Zealand professional racing driver currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Porsche in LMP1-H. On November 21, 2015, he was crowned champion alongside his teammates Mark Webber and Timo Bernhard.
Hartley was born in Palmerston North in a family well integrated within motorsport. His father, Bryan, had raced in many forms of motorsport, most notably Formula Atlantic. At the age of six, Hartley began his motor racing career in kart racing, following his brother, Nelson's footsteps.
Six years later, the young New Zealander competed in his first full–scale race championship, competing in the Formula First category. Up against many seasoned veterans, Hartley finished the season in seventh. In 2003, the thirteen-year-old got his first major break as 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 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 the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup (NEC). The New Zealander 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. His second year in Formula Renault saw him stay in the Eurocup, but move from the NEC to the Italian championship. That year saw him take three wins in the Eurocup and three podiums in the Italian championship, and took 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.
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