Hartley doing everything he can to stay at Toro Rosso

Brendon Hartley admits that he's "doing everything he can" in order to stay with his Toro Rosso team for the 2019 season.

Toro Rosso driver Brendon Hartley has had a disappointing season so far, with only pointless Sergey Sirotkin keeping the Kiwi from being at the bottom of the drivers' standings.

Hartley is being completely outshadowed by his team-mate Pierre Gasly - with the Frenchman now being rumoured to make the step up to Red Bull, following Daniel Ricciardo's announcement that he will be joining Renault next season.

There has been some bad luck for Hartley as well, with more DNFs than any driver at this stage of the season.

His poor start to the season has undoubtedly put his place in Formula One under threat, but the Toro Rosso man is trying to remain positive.

"I feel in a good place mentally," Hartley told PlanetF1.