Brendon Hartley reckons Pierre Gasly’s P4 at the Bahrain Grand Prix meant those inside Toro Rosso, and those looking in, expected more from the team.

Hartley had an incredible Bahrain GP weekend as the Frenchman qualified his STR13 in sixth place and raced to fourth at the chequered flag.

The result equalled Toro Rosso’s best showing from 2017 while also marking Honda best finish since they returned to F1 in 2014.

Toro Rosso, though, have only scored twice since – a P10 for Hartley and a seventh for Gasly.

“It’s very fair to say that we over exceeded all of our expectations in Bahrain,” Hartley told Motorsport.com.