"Again [in Hungary] I think I had a strong performance but the way the race worked out I wasn’t able to finish in the points and I didn’t really feel like I put a foot wrong which has been a bit the theme in the last five or six races."
Fergal Walsh
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Brendon Hartley says that he is in a good place despite recent rumours suggesting he will be replaced at Toro Rosso. The Kiwi has struggled to match teammate Pierre Gasly, who has picked up 26 of Toro Rosso's 28 points this year.
On the approach to the Canadian Grand Prix, reports suggested that Toro Rosso approached McLaren junior Lando Norris to come in and replace Hartley, a move that McLaren blocked. Since that, the former WEC driver hasn't looked close to being ousted.
And Hartley says things are a lot clearer now: "I feel in a good place mentally, even after the rumours and a bit of pressure early on, makes me feel a lot stronger coming out the side of that,” he said. “I see things a lot clearer. A lot learned.
"Disappointed not to get points on the board on the weekend with what I mentioned before, think I did strong performance all weekend but sometimes that’s racing. Some positives. Some ups and also some downs. I feel like the second half of the first half of the season felt I was strong, luck wasn’t always on my side."
Hartley has admitted frustration over a lack of points in recent races, as he's felt that things have been on his side in the last number of Grands Prix: "There were some tough times in the beginning where I made a couple of mistakes, where I had opportunities to capitalise, but I feel in the last four or five races feel like I’ve been on top of things and don’t have the points to show from it.
"Again [in Hungary] I think I had a strong performance but the way the race worked out I wasn’t able to finish in the points and I didn’t really feel like I put a foot wrong which has been a bit the theme in the last five or six races."
Fergal Walsh
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