How American driver Herta is climbing the ladder to Cadillac F1
Cadillac F1 wants to put American in the winner's circle — and with an American driver. Colton Herta is on track this weekend in Miami.
View this post on Instagram Miami — Cadillac F1 not only wants to win a Formula One World Championship, it wants an American driver to be at the wheel. General Motors Co. ’s luxury brand is making its debut on American soil this weekend — and so is American F1 hopeful Colton Herta.
Ex-IndyCar ace Herta, 26, is gaining his stripes in F1’s feeder series, Formula Two, which has been moved to a U. S. track, the Miami International Autodrome, for the first time after the cancellation of its Bahrain event due to the Iran conflict.
Herta has kept a low profile here this weekend with his UK-based Hitech Grand Prix F2 team — deferring media attention to Cadillac F1's experienced duo of drivers, Sergio Pérez of Mexico and Valtteri Bottas of Finland, and their historic debut. “Very exciting being here, racing for an American team,” Pérez said in an interview inside the Miami Dolphins locker room, which serves as a makeshift press conference venue while the track consumes the Hard Rock football stadium’s parking lot outside. “You can feel the difference in atmosphere, driving for an American team, leading up to (this weekend).
” Herta’s switch to F2 has been a boon to Formula One — attracting IndyCar fans and other Americans already turned on to F1 by its hit Netflix series, “Drive to Survive. ” The United States hasn’t had a competitive driver in F1 since Mario Andrretti won the World Championship in 1978. Indeed, no American has won a race since Andretti in ’78.
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