Marko no longer considering getting rid of Hartley

Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko confirms getting rid of Toro Rosso driver Brendon Hartley is no longer an option.

Marko, however, said that it had been on the cards up until recently.

“If the trajectory had not improved, then we would have had to look somewhere for an alternative,” Marko told motorsport-magazin.com.

Marko had been impressed by Hartley’s performance in Montreal, despite a premature ending for the Toro Rosso driver.

Hartley said last week that the rumours of him being dropped were “annoying”.

“There’s been a bit of noise in the background over the last couple of weeks,” Hartley said.