Earlier this season, as seen at divergent and challenging tracks such as Barcelona, Hungary and Italy, the Cadillac F1 team that’s currently powered by an experiencing and capable driver pairing of Valtteri Bottas and Checo Sergio Perez actually fielded a different driver to test out the car and the track during the free practice sessions. And that driver was none other than someone whose name has for a while now been linked to a full time future F1 seat.
Alas, now it doesn’t seem that way that it’ll go well for Colton Herta!
Yes, dramatic and sudden that it may seem but that is what has happened most recently to the young F1 hopeful that he might not really reach the top flight of Motorsport.
Initially, Herta had moved from IndyCar to F2 in the year 2026 to build European experience and position himself for a seat with the new Cadillac F1 Team, where he serves as a test/development driver.
He still serves in that capacity, lest it is forgotten.
But, wait. True to the changing vagaries of Motorsport’s Grand Prix racing world, something changed albeit not for the best for Herta.
Where it stands at present, he sits 19th in the drivers’ standings and has struggled for pace with Hitech.
Moreover, there appears to be a Super Licence Shortfall.
So what exactly is that about?
Because of his results down the order, he cannot accumulate the required 40 Super Licence points needed to race in F1 for 2027.
So does that means that a lack of performance that hasn’t led to a sufficient prerequisite stack of points needed for super licence to race in F1, Colton Herta is falling short of his eventual of ultimate dream which has always been to reach Grand Prix racing.
All of that being told, there are many who are already debating or wondering whether Colton Herta should have left the comfortable world of IndyCar in the first place where he was always well settled and hoped to pursue a strong stint.
But then there’s also a saying that you miss a hundred 100 percent of the shots that you don’t take- isn’t it?
At least, then, or by that logic, the American driver tried? Even though as one finds out, it’s not been enough to reach the pinnacle of MotorSport!
When he was 18 years and 359 days young, Herta had won the
NTT IndyCar Series history. A record that still stands.
