{"id":16046,"date":"2022-10-07T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T09:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/?p=16046"},"modified":"2022-10-07T03:48:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T02:48:15","slug":"the-end-of-colton-hertas-f1-hopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/the-end-of-colton-hertas-f1-hopes\/","title":{"rendered":"The end of Colton Herta’s F1 hopes?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

According to\u00a0RACER, highly-rated\u00a0IndyCar\u00a0driver Colton Herta is set to sign a contract extension with Andretti Autosport, meaning the American driver will remain with the side beyond 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Herta was centre of a huge topic during the summer break, as AlphaTauri looked into how they could sign the 22-year-old despite his insufficient superlicence points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite being at the pinnacle of motorsport in the United States, IndyCar is lowly regarded by the FIA, with drivers in the championship being awarded a similar level of superlicence points to FIA junior categories, even if finishing towards the top of the Drivers’ Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FIA refused to budge on the current system, resulting in AlphaTauri turning their attention elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This doesn’t appear to mean that we’ll never see Herta in Formula 1, though, with his deal at Andretti meaning that should Andretti Global finally be accepted to enter a team in F1, Herta would be the favourite to race for the team, with the likelihood being that by then he’ll have enough points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His new deal with Andretti comes as the family-run team confirms their line-up for 2023, with Herta said to be the lead driver once again for the outfit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Herta will be partnered by ex-F1 driver Romain Grosjean and Devlin DeFrancesco at Andretti, as well as 2021 Indy Lights champion Kyle Kirkwood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seven-time IndyCar winner will continue to be part of McLaren’s testing of previous cars programme, despite having signed a new multi-year deal with Andretti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The young American has been gaining experience with McLaren during tests this season, in the Woking-based team’s 2021 car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fellow IndyCar drivers Alex Palou and Pato O\u2019Ward will also remain as part of McLaren’s TPC programme, with the two actually taking part in a test for the team at the Red Bull Ring at the end of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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