Brendon Hartley🐼 is to leave his role as tꦚest and reserve driver for Red Bull Racing and Toro Rosso after being dropped from Red Bull's Junior Team.

Hartley was named a test and reserve driver for both Red Bull teams earlie෴r t🦂his year and has shared the position with Daniel Ricciardo.

The pair have combined their F1 role with competing📖 i🌜n the Renault World Series, but a below-par campaign for Hartley appears to have now cost him his role with the team.

The New Zealander has been outperformed by Ricciard📖o in the World Series this season and has now been dropped after four years as part of the Junior Team.

Jean-Eric Vergne, the current British F3 points leader, will replace Hartley in the Wor🐼ld Series while Ricciardo will now act as the𓆉 sole test and reserve driver for the Red Bull F1 teams.