Colton Herta has demonstrated his speed by beating his competitors in the NTT IndyCar Series and track records alike in the last five years. Thanks to showing his capabilities in harnessing a high-horsepower car on the track, he was rewarded in the 2022-2023 off-season to a Formula One test with the McLaren F1 team. At the 2023 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach media luncheon, we sat down with Herta and he told us what that experience was like. He’s an accomplished young man with a very bright future. Enjoy!
NOTE: Herta races for the Andretti Global team. That team has been working to field their own F1 team with Cadillac and went through the lengthy process to be approved. That approval was denied in January 2024, however the team remains vigilant to become an F1 entrant as soon as possible (which F1 deems the first opportunity to be in 2028).
By Larry Mason
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