Should he move up in the standings and with his 4 points from 2019 dropping off, Herta would need to finish 3rd-or-better this year to move past the threshold.

Via his 3rd (2020), 5th (2021) and 7th-place (2019) Ind圜ar points finishes, he's accumulated 32 points, leaving him eight points shy of the required 40 to obtain a license that would allow him to run in F1. With eight races left this season, Herta sits 10th in the standings, well behind the position he'd need to finish to ensure he could qualify for a Super License on his Ind圜ar results alone for any potential F1 run in 2023. Brown did say in May, days ahead of the 500 and at a press conference confirming O'Ward's new deal with the team through 2025, that both McLaren and Ricciardo had 'certain mechanisms' that would allow either side to terminate their current deal early, though those precise contract details are not known. 30.īrown and Seidl have continued to emphasize that they have no seats to fill for the 2023 F1 campaign, though it's well-known that its contract with the team's veteran driver Daniel Ricciardo ends with the 2023 season. 23, followed immediately by the Mexico City Grand Prix Oct. Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas falls Oct. If O'Ward's TPC testing session doesn't come until at least mid-September, assuming McLaren will be even more protective of its Ind圜ar driver's focus and preparation for the closing stretch of the Ind圜ar campaign, the earliest we might see one - or both - of the drivers run an FP1 session would be mid-October. How Herta became a budding international racing star - and America's F1 hope

Herta says Miami Grand Prix 'like a music festival that happens to have a race' McLaren signs Herta to F1 testing role: 'Who knows what will come out of this' On the chance to jump to F1 with Andretti: 'You can't pass up an offer like that' Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian driver Colton Herta (26) smiles while moving about the pit area Thursday, May 19, 2022, during the third day of Indianapolis 500 practice at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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