🇳🇿 Brendon Hartley

Brendon Hartley is a New Zealand racing driver who has built his career primarily in sports car endurance racing after an early stint in Formula One during the 2017 and 2018 seasons. He came up through junior single-seater categories before transitioning to prototype racing, where he has become closely associated with Toyota Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Over the course of his time in the series, Hartley has established himself as a three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, a result that reflects his standing as one of the more experienced and accomplished drivers in the current WEC field.[1]

According to Racer DB, Hartley remains an active competitor with Toyota Racing, having accumulated 68 career starts, 10 wins, and 21 podium finishes in the series, though he has yet to secure a WEC drivers' championship. His Racer Rating stands at 6,411, placing him 112th among active drivers on a scale where the top performers in the world sit between roughly 10,000 and 11,500. In the 2026 season, Hartley has recorded one win and two podiums across three rounds, putting him second in the standings and underscoring his continued competitiveness at the front of the WEC grid.[2]