Colton Herta - Wikipedia

American racing driver (born 2000)

Colton Herta
Herta at the 2021 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach
Nationality	American
Born	Colton Thomas Herta (2000-03-30) March 30, 2000 (age 25)Santa Clarita, California, United States
Relatives	Bryan Herta (father)
Racing licence	FIA Silver (2018) FIA Gold (2019–2024)[1] FIA Platinum (2025–)[2]
IndyCar Series career
116 races run over 8 years
Best finish	2nd (2024)
First race	2018 Grand Prix of Sonoma (Sonoma)
Last race	2025 Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix (Nashville)
First win	2019 IndyCar Classic (Austin)
Last win	2024 Music City Grand Prix (Nashville)
Wins Podiums Poles 9 19 16
Previous series
2017–2018 2016 2016 2015 2014	Indy Lights Euroformula Open BRDC British Formula 3 MSA Formula U.S. F2000
Championship titles
2013	Pacific Formula F1600

Colton Thomas Herta (/ˈhɜːrtə/; born March 30, 2000) is an American racing driver who is set to compete in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for Hitech TGR with support from Cadillac. Herta competed in the IndyCar Series from 2018 to 2025.

Herta is the son of IndyCar and Champ Car driver Bryan Herta, and the youngest person ever to win an IndyCar Series race.[3] He is set to be a test driver for the Cadillac Formula One Team whilst competing in FIA Formula 2 for 2026 with Hitech Grand Prix.[4]

Junior racing career

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Karting (2010–2013)

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Herta made his competitive karting debut in 2010 at the age of ten, racing karts in the SKUSA and IKF series, although he had been karting since the age of six. He made his single-seater racing debut at the age of thirteen, finishing second in the SBF2000 Winter Series.[citation needed]

USF2000 Championship (2014)

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In 2014, Herta made his professional racing debut in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda, finishing fifteenth in the championship despite missing the opening weekend due to age requirements. In the same year, Herta made his international formula racing debut at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia with the Meritus-run AsiaCup Series, taking part in one event where he won one race win and three podium finishes. Herta also made a one-off appearance in the Global RallyCross Championship Lites, being the youngest driver to compete in the series.[citation needed]

Racing in Europe (2015–2016)

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In 2015, Herta made his debut in the UK-based MSA Formula series, as the youngest driver and the only American on a grid that consisted mostly of Britons, and got his first win in the second race at Snetterton Circuit in August, thus helping the United States win the Nations Cup. He went on to collect three more victories throughout the season, finishing third overall.[5]

For 2016, Herta was planning to move to the newly renamed BRDC British F3 series, but was too young to compete at the opening round.[6] Wanting to complete a full season, he made the switch to the Euroformula Open Championship, staying with Carlin and finished third in points, with four victories, six podium finishes, and five pole positions. Herta went on to compete in six British F3 events, earning three podium finishes including a victory at Brands Hatch.[citation needed]

Indy Lights (2017–2018)

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In 2017, Herta joined forces with the newly formed Steinbrenner Racing to pilot the No. 98 car in the Indy Lights Series.[7] He started the year strong with a second place finish in the first race at St. Petersburg street circuit and followed it up with a Sunday victory; Colton's first win in Indy Lights. He got his second victory at the next event at Barber Motorsports Park, the series' four-hundredth race. Herta won Rookie of the Year and finished third in the drivers championship.[citation needed]

In 2018, Herta remained in Indy Lights. He won four races, including all three held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (both races of the GP of Indianapolis and the Freedom 100 on the speedway). Herta finished second in points to his Andretti teammate Patricio O'Ward.[citation needed]

IndyCar career

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In September 2018, Herta made his IndyCar Series debut at the season finale in Sonoma, driving for Harding Racing.[8]

Harding Steinbrenner Racing

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2019: Rookie season

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For the 2019 IndyCar season, Herta signed to drive the No. 88 Harding Steinbrenner Racing car. Herta was the first IndyCar Series driver born in the 2000s to start a race. On March 24, 2019, at the age of eighteen, Herta became the youngest-ever winner in IndyCar history by winning the IndyCar Classic at Circuit of the Americas.[9] He qualified fifth for the Indianapolis 500, but retired after just four laps after a gearbox failure. On June 22, 2019, at the age of nineteen, Herta became the youngest-ever pole-sitter at Road America. He won again at Laguna Seca, and finished seventh in the overall standings, just five points behind Rookie of the Year Felix Rosenqvist.[citation needed]

2020: Backed by Andretti

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Herta again drove the No. 88 car for Harding Steinbrenner Racing in 2020, with additional backing from Andretti Autosport. Herta finished seventh in the opening round of the 2020 IndyCar season at Texas Motor Speedway. He finished eighth at the Indianapolis 500. On September 13, 2020, Herta won the second of two races held at Mid-Ohio. He scored a runner-up finish at the Indianapolis road course's Saturday race. With seven top-fives in fourteen races, he ranked third in points.[citation needed]

Andretti Autosport

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2021: Three more wins

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Going into 2021, Herta was seen as the strongest challenger in the Andretti stable to Scott Dixon for the IndyCar title. Herta would also move from the No. 88 Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Racing car to the No. 26 Andretti Autosport with Curb Agajanian car with backing from Indianapolis 500 title sponsor Gainbridge. Herta started his season caught up in an accident caused by Josef Newgarden in Alabama but earned his first win of the season at St. Petersburg, his first win on a street circuit.[10] He would secure two podium finishes before his second win of the season; a second-place at Road America and third place at the second round on the IMS Road Course. He was frequently beset by poor strategy, mechanical issues, and driving errors. Most notable of these was at the inaugural round in Nashville; Herta would qualify on pole position for the race,[11] lead most of the race, lost the lead under caution to Marcus Ericsson, and crashed out of the race attempting to take the lead back from Ericsson in the closing laps.[12] Herta was in place to win the race at Gateway but would have to retire the car due to a broken half shaft that happened during a pitstop. Herta would pick up his second win of the season at Laguna Seca, where he led all but one lap of the race to win from pole.[13] He finished the season off with a come from behind victory on The Streets of Long Beach when he started fourteenth and worked his way rapidly through the field to take the lead from Josef Newgarden and Scott Dixon to win his third race of the season. He ultimately finished the season fifth in the championship standings.[14]

2022: A difficult season

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After intense speculation that he would be making a move to Formula One, Andretti Autosport and Herta announced that he would be racing in IndyCar in 2022, partnering Alexander Rossi, Romain Grosjean, and Devlin DeFrancesco. Herta struggled in the initial rounds of the season, including crashing after losing the lead at Long Beach, but picked up his first win of the season at the GMR Grand Prix. Herta was in place to win the second race at the IMS road course before a mechanical failure would cause him to have to retire the car for the day and his teammate Alexander Rossi would win.[citation needed]

2023: Winless campaign

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Herta initially signed a multi-year contract to remain with Andretti Autosport,[15] though this would be later to be extended to 2027.[16] Herta's 2023 would end with three top-five finishes, including a podium at Toronto. He also took back-to-back poles at Mid-Ohio and Road America, where he would also lead the most laps. Road America proved to be the closest Herta would come to a win in 2023, dominating the race before dropping to fifth due to a poor strategy call forcing him to save fuel to reach the finish. The season concluded with Herta tenth in the standings again after a tough second half including two DNFs at Nashville Street Circuit and the finale at Laguna Seca.[citation needed]

2024: Career best

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Herta started the season with five top five finishes in the first five races, including podiums at St. Petersburg and Long Beach. He struggled with bad luck and performance issues after the Indianapolis 500, though did manage to pick up another podium finish at Laguna Seca and his first pole position on an oval at Iowa. Herta finally broke through at Toronto, qualifying on pole and winning his first race in two years. At the final race of the season at the Nashville Superspeedway, Herta broke through and took his first win on an oval, securing second place to Alex Palou in the 2024 IndyCar Series championship standings, his highest points total yet. Herta also became the highest scoring Andretti Autosport driver in the modern IndyCar era since Ryan Hunter-Reay in 2012.[citation needed]

2025: Final year with Andretti

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Following the season's end, Herta would leave Andretti and the IndyCar series altogether, transferring to Formula 2 while becoming Cadillac's test driver in Formula One, with Will Power replacing him after getting released from Team Penske.[17]

Sportscar racing

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2019

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Herta participated in the 2019 24 Hours of Daytona in a BMW M8 GTE for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. He, along with co-drivers Connor De Phillippi, Augusto Farfus and Philipp Eng, won the race in the GTLM class.[citation needed]

2022

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Herta returned to Daytona participate in the 2022 edition, partnering fellow IndyCar drivers Pato O'Ward and Devlin DeFrancesco along with Eric Lux in an LMP2 entry for DragonSpeed.[18] The quartet won after Herta took the lead in the final eleven minutes of the race.[19]

2023

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In late 2022, Herta was confirmed as one of the drivers for the new BMW M Hybrid V8 prototype to be fielded by Rahal Letterman Lannigan racing during the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship.[citation needed]

2024

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In the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship, Herta drove the No. 40 Acura for Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport and earned his first overall win in the series at the 12 Hours of Sebring.[citation needed]

2026

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Alongside his Formula 2 campaign and Formula 1 duties, Herta will compete part-time in the IMSA SportsCar Championship with Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing.[20]

Formula racing career outside of Indycar

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With the attempted purchase of Sauber by Andretti Autosport in 2021, Herta was the favorite candidate to join Formula One with Alfa Romeo for the 2022 season. This led to both a seat mold made for him and a test with the simulator at the team's base in Hinwil, Switzerland—where Mario Andretti and various other reports claimed he set faster times than Kimi Räikkönen and Antonio Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo's 2021 lineup.[21] A preliminary agreement was reached with Ferrari to hold a 300 km (186.41 mi) test with Herta to allow him to participate in free practices at the United States, Mexico City and São Paulo Grands Prix. However, negotiations between Andretti and Sauber broke down at the end of 2021, resulting in Herta never participating in the test sessions.[22]

Herta was later signed by McLaren in 2022 as a development driver to test the MCL35M–McLaren's 2021 car.[23] He took part in his first test drive from July 11–13 around the Algarve International Circuit in Portimão.[24] Later that year, Red Bull began to show interest in having Herta as an AlphaTauri driver in 2023.[25] Herta however, lacked enough points to obtain an FIA Super Licence—necessary to be able to contest in Formula One. Red Bull began efforts to obtain one for Herta, asking the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) to consider an exception for Herta.[26] Red Bull then reached an agreement with Alpine for Herta to test their Formula One cars in September at the Hungaroring—an event the French team organised to aid effort to choose their 2023 driver—in an effort to earn Herta more super licence points.[27][28] Alpine would accept on the condition that then AlphaTauri driver, Pierre Gasly, was free to join the French team.[29] Ultimately, the FIA refused to make an exception for Herta,[30] forcing Red Bull to abandon its efforts to bring the American driver to Formula One, with Herta not participating in the tests with Alpine.[31]

In late 2024, Herta became heavily linked to a drive at the newly-forming Cadillac Formula One Team after their bid to join Formula One in 2026 was accepted.[32][33] Mario Andretti—a member of the board of directors—stated that one of their two seats would "most likely" go to him, but added that "you have to keep your options open."[34] Cadillac later announced that their two seats would be filled by Sergio Pérez and Valtteri Bottas in August 2025 as Herta fell short of the fourth place finish needed to secure a Super License for 2026. The next month, Herta was later announced as Cadillac's test driver for 2026, leaving Andretti's IndyCar outfit to fulfill this role. Cadillac CEO Dan Towriss also announced that Herta would aim for a seat in Formula 2, in an attempt to obtain enough super license points to be eligible for a spot in Formula One.[35] Herta would need an outright top-eight finish in Formula 2 to reach the 40 points required for an FIA Super License for 2027, or a top ten finish with free practice sessions. Cadillac and Hitech Grand Prix confirmed Herta would join their Formula 2 outfit for the 2026 season.[4] He was then selected as the Cadillac Formula 1 team's test and development driver for the 2026 season.[citation needed]

Personal life

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Outside of racing, Herta is a member of the indie punk rock band The Zibs, where he plays the drums. He formed the band in 2018 with his high school friends Jon Graber and Chris Broadbent.[36]

Karting record

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Karting career summary

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Season	Series	Team	Position
2010	SKUSA SoCal Pro Kart Challenge – TaG Cadet	3rd
	SKUSA Pro Tour – TaG Cadet	1st
	SKUSA SuperNationals – TaG Cadet	3rd
2011	SKUSA SoCal Pro Kart Challenge – TaG Cadet	1st
	SKUSA Pro Tour – TaG Cadet	1st
	ROK Cup International Final – Mini ROK	7th
2012	California Pro Kart Challenge — TaG Junior	3rd
	Skip Barber Racing School	14th
	SKUSA Pro Tour – TaG Junior	7th
	SKUSA SuperNationals – TaG Junior	Pitts Performance	5th
2013	SKUSA SuperNationals – TaG Junior	5th
2014	SKUSA SuperNationals – TaG Junior	Phil Giebler Racing	10th

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2012–13	SBF2000 Winter Series	N/A	12	1	1	0	4	287	6th
2013	Pacific Formula F1600	PR1/BHA with Curb-Agajanian	15	10	6	10	15	413	1st
2014	U.S. F2000 National Championship	JAY Motorsports	12	0	0	1	0	115	15th
	AsiaCup Series	Meritus.GP	4	1	1	2	3	59	8th
	GRC Lites	AD Racing	1	N/A	0	N/A	N/A	16	15th
2015	MSA Formula Championship	Carlin	30	4	3	8	12	355	3rd
2016	Euroformula Open Championship	Carlin	16	4	5	4	7	199	3rd
	Spanish Formula 3 Championship		6	2	2	1	4	94	2nd
	BRDC British Formula 3 Championship		6	1	0	1	3	109	19th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	13th
2017	Indy Lights	Andretti Steinbrenner Racing	16	2	7	3	7	300	3rd
2018	Indy Lights		17	4	3	7	13	447	2nd
	IndyCar Series	Harding Racing	1	0	0	0	0	20	37th
2019	IndyCar Series	Harding Steinbrenner Racing	17	2	3	2	2	420	7th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTLM	BMW Team RLL	3	1	0	0	2	89	14th
2020	IndyCar Series	Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport	14	1	1	0	2	421	3rd
	IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTLM	BMW Team RLL	3	0	0	0	0	79	9th
2021	IndyCar Series	Andretti Autosport w/ Curb-Agajanian	16	3	3	2	5	311	5th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTD	Turner Motorsport	2	1	1	1	1	285	50th
2022	IndyCar Series	Andretti Autosport	17	1	2	1	2	381	10th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship – LMP2	DragonSpeed USA	1	1	0	0	1	0	NC
	Formula One	McLaren F1 Team	Test driver
2023	IndyCar Series	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	17	0	2	0	1	356	10th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTP	BMW M Team RLL	1	0	0	0	0	274	24th
2024	IndyCar Series	Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian	17	2	3	1	6	513	2nd
	IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTP	Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport	3	1	0	1	2	970	18th
2025	IndyCar Series	Andretti Global	17	0	2	0	1	372	7th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship – LMP2	CrowdStrike Racing by APR	1	0	0	0	0	272	47th
2026	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Hitech TGR	0	0	0	0	0	0	TBD
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP	Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing	1	0	0	0	0	282	6th*
	Formula One	Cadillac F1 Team	Test driver

* Season still in progress.

Complete MSA Formula Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	DC	Points
2015	Carlin	BHI112	BHI24	BHI314	DON115	DON29	DON34	THR15	THR26	THR39	OUL13	OUL26	OUL3Ret	CRO16	CRO22	CRO314	SNE19	SNE21	SNE31	KNO15	KNO22	KNO32	ROC13	ROC27	ROC31	SIL12	SIL25	SIL32	BHGP12	BHGP25	BHGP31	3rd	355

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Points
2016	Carlin	EST1Ret	EST25	SPA16	SPA25	LEC118	LEC2EX	SIL12	SIL2Ret	RBR11	RBR21	MNZ116	MNZ24	JER11	JER24	CAT12	CAT21	3rd	199

American open-wheel racing results

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U.S. F2000 National Championship

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Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2014	JAY Motorsports	STP	STP	BAR19	BAR7	IMS5	IMS20	LOR14	TOR5	TOR14	MOH10	MOH16	MOH13	SNM7	SNM9	15th	115

Indy Lights

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Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
2017	Andretti Steinbrenner Racing	STP2	STP1	ALA10	ALA1	IMS12	IMS10	INDY13	RDA12	ROA3	IOW4	TOR4	TOR10	MOH2	MOH6	GMP3	WGL3	3rd	300
2018	Andretti Steinbrenner Racing	STP3	STP8	ALA2	ALA3	IMS1	IMS1	INDY1	RDA1	RDA2	IOW2	TOR7	TOR6	MOH2	MOH2	GTW2	POR2	POR4	2nd	447

IndyCar Series

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Year	Team	No.	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points	Ref
2018	Harding Racing	88	Dallara DW12	Chevrolet	STP	PHX	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET	DET	TXS	RDA	IOW	TOR	MOH	POC	GTW	POR	SNM20	37th	20	[37]
2019	Harding Steinbrenner Racing			Honda	STP8	COA1	ALA24	LBH23	IMS23	INDY33	DET12	DET12	TXS18	RDA8	TOR7	IOW18	MOH8	POC16	GTW9	POR4	LAG1	7th	420	[38]
2020	Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport				TXS7	IMS4	ROA5	ROA5	IOW19	IOW19	INDY8	GTW4	GTW6	MOH9	MOH1	IMS4	IMS2	STP11	3rd	421	[39]
2021	Andretti Autosport	26			ALA22	STP1	TXS22	TXS5	5th	455	[40]
	Andretti Autosport w/ Curb-Agajanian				IMS13	INDY16	DET14	DET4				ROA2	MOH13	NSH19*	IMS3	GTW18	POR8	LAG1*	LBH1*
2022					STP4	TXS12	LBH23	ALA10	IMS1*	INDY30	DET8	ROA5	MOH15	TOR2	IOW24	IOW12	IMS24	NSH5	GTW11	POR6	LAG11	10th	381	[41]
2023					STP20	TXS7	LBH4	ALA14	IMS9	INDY9	DET11	ROA5*	MOH11	TOR3	IOW19	IOW7	NSH21	IMS13	GTW6	POR13	LAG23	10th	356	[42]
2024	Andretti Global w/ Curb-Agajanian				STP3	THE4	LBH2	ALA8	IMS7	INDY23	DET19	ROA6	LAG2	MOH4	IOW11	IOW5	TOR1	GTW5	POR4	MIL22	MIL3	NSH1	2nd	513	[43]
2025					STP16	THE4	LBH7	ALA7	IMS25	INDY14	DET3	GTW17	ROA16	MOH4	IOW13	IOW20	TOR4	LAG3	POR10	MIL11	NSH11	7th	372	[44]

Indianapolis 500

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Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2019	Dallara	Honda	5	33	Harding Steinbrenner Racing
2020			10	8	Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport
2021			2	16	Andretti Autosport
2022			25	30
2023			21	9
2024			13	23	Andretti Global
2025			27	14

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2019	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8	DAY1	SEB7	LBH	MOH	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET3	14th	89
2020	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY5	DAY	SEB	ELK	VIR	ATL	MOH	CLT	PET6	LGA	SEB4	9th	79
2021	Turner Motorsport	GTD	BMW M6 GT3	BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8	DAY6	SEB	MOH	DET	WGL	WGL	LIM	ELK	LGA	LBH	VIR	PET	50th	285
2022	DragonSpeed USA	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 V8	DAY1†	SEB	LGA	MOH	WGL	ELK	PET	NC†	0†
2023	BMW M Team RLL	GTP	BMW M Hybrid V8	BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY6	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	ELK	IMS	PET	24th	274
2024	Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport	GTP	Acura ARX-06	Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6	DAY3	SEB1	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL	ELK	IMS	PET7	18th	970
2025	CrowdStrike Racing by APR	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 V8	DAY6	SEB	WGL	MOS	ELK	IMS	PET	47th	272
2026	Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing	GTP	Cadillac V-Series.R	Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8	DAY6	SEB	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL	ELK	IMS	PET	6th*	282*
Source:[45]

† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship. * Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	DC	Points
2026	Hitech TGR	MELSPR	MELFEA	BHRSPR	BHRFEA	JEDSPR	JEDFEA	MONSPR	MONFEA	CATSPR	CATFEA	RBRSPR	RBRFEA	SILSPR	SILFEA	SPASPR	SPAFEA	HUNSPR	HUNFEA	MNZSPR	MNZFEA	MADSPR	MADFEA	BAKSPR	BAKFEA	LSLSPR	LSLFEA	YMCSPR	YMCFEA	TBD	TBD

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• Colton Herta driver statistics at Racing-Reference

v t e Teams and drivers who are set to compete in the 2026 FIA Formula 2 Championship
Invicta Racing Hitech TGR Campos Racing DAMS Lucas Oil MP Motorsport 1. Rafael Câmara 2. Joshua Dürksen 3. Ritomo Miyata 4. Colton Herta 5. Noel León 6. Nikola Tsolov 7. Dino Beganovic 8. Roman Bilinski 9. Gabriele Minì 10. Oliver Goethe
Prema Racing Rodin Motorsport ART Grand Prix AIX Racing Van Amersfoort Racing Trident 11. Sebastián Montoya 12. Mari Boya 14. Martinius Stenshorne 15. Alex Dunne 16. Kush Maini 17. Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak 20. Emerson Fittipaldi Jr. 21. Cian Shields 22. Nicolás Varrone 23. Rafael Villagómez 24. Laurens van Hoepen 25. John Bennett
Other drivers:

v t e Winners of the 12 Hours of Sebring
Six-time	Tom Kristensen
Five-time	Rinaldo Capello
Four-time	Frank Biela Pipo Derani Allan McNish
Three-time	Hans-Joachim Stuck Mario Andretti Marco Werner
Two-time	Bob Akin Sébastien Bourdais Geoff Brabham Derek Daly Loïc Duval Andy Evans Juan Manuel Fangio Juan Manuel Fangio II Olivier Gendebien Hurley Haywood Hans Herrmann Phil Hill Al Holbert Jacky Ickx Stefan Johansson Nicolas Lapierre JJ Lehto Alex Lynn Felipe Nasr Emanuele Pirro Brian Redman Jordan Taylor Eric van de Poele Johannes van Overbeek Fermín Vélez Andy Wallace Phil Walters
One-time	Aïello Aitken Alboreto Baker Baldi Bamber Barbosa Barbour Behra Bernhard Bianchi Bomarito Bonnier Gary Brabham Brown Castellotti Collard Collins Curran Daigh Dalmas Davidson de Narváez Delétraz Dumas Dyer Earl Elford Fässler Fitch Fittipaldi Fitzpatrick Foyt Franchitti Frisselle Garretson Gartner Gené Giunti Gray Gregg Gurney Hall Hawthorn Helmick Herbert Herta Heyer Hunter-Reay Jani Jarvis Kaffer Keyser Kulok Larrousse Leven Lloyd Ludwig Luyendyk Maglioli Mass McFarlin McLaren Mendez Miles Millen Moffat Moretti Morton Moss Mullen Müller Nierop O'Connell Oliver Pace Panis Parkes Paul Jr. Paul Sr. Pescatori Peter Pruett Rahal Robinson Rojas Ruby Scarfiotti H. Sharp S. Sharp Siffert Sims Surtees Tandy R. Taylor W. Taylor Theys Tincknell Tréluyer Vaccarella Vanthoor Vautier Wollek Woods Wurz

v t e Andretti Global
Owner	TWG Motorsports (Mark Walter & Thomas Tull) Marco Andretti (NTT IndyCar No. 98) Mike Curb & Cary Agajanian (NTT IndyCar No. 98) Bryan Herta (NTT IndyCar No. 98)
NTT IndyCar drivers	Colton Herta (No. 26) Kyle Kirkwood (No. 27) Marcus Ericsson (No. 28) Part-time: Marco Andretti (No. 98)
Formula E drivers	27. Jake Dennis 51. Nico Muller
Indy NXT drivers	Lochie Hughes (No. 26) Salvador de Alba (No. 27) Dennis Hauger (No. 28) James Roe Jr. (No. 29) Andretti Cape: Sebastian Murray (No. 2) Ricardo Escotto (No. 3)
IMSA Sportscar Championship drivers	No. 10 Filipe Albuquerque, Marcus Ericsson, Brendon Hartley, Ricky Taylor No. 40 Louis Delétraz, Jordan Taylor, Colton Herta, Jenson Button No. 43 Jarett Andretti, Gabby Chaves, Scott Hargrove, Thomas Preining No. 45 Graham Doyle, Danny Formal, Kyle Marcelli, Ashton Harrison
Extreme E drivers	No. 23 Timmy Hansen, Catie Munnings
Notable former drivers	Fernando Alonso Michael Andretti Kurt Busch Mike Conway Devlin DeFrancesco Dario Franchitti Robby Gordon Romain Grosjean Bryan Herta Ryan Hunter-Reay Tony Kanaan Carlos Muñoz Danica Patrick Sting Ray Robb Takuma Sato Paul Tracy Jacques Villeneuve Dan Wheldon Justin Wilson Stefan Wilson
Indianapolis 500 wins	1995 (Villeneuve) 2005 (Wheldon) 2007 (Franchitti) 2014 (Hunter-Reay) 2016 (Rossi) 2017 (Sato)
National Championships	1995 (Villeneuve) 2004 (Kanaan) 2005 (Wheldon) 2007 (Franchitti) 2012 (Hunter-Reay)

v t e Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport
Years active	2017–2020
Personnel	Andretti Autosport Mike Harding George Steinbrenner IV Brian Barnhart
Former drivers	Gabby Chaves Conor Daly Colton Herta Pato O'Ward
Partnerships and affiliations	Andretti Autosport

v t e BMW M Factory Drivers

Works Drivers

Bill Auberlen (1996—) Augusto Farfus (2007—) Marco Wittmann (2012—) Jens Klingmann (2014—) Jesse Krohn (2014—) Philipp Eng (2016—) Connor De Phillippi (2018—) Jake Dennis (2018—) Sheldon van der Linde (2019—) Dan Harper (2020—) Max Hesse (2020—) Neil Verhagen (2020—) Robby Foley (2021—) Madison Snow (2022—) Robin Frijns (2023—) René Rast (2023—) Valentino Rossi (2023—) Dries Vanthoor (2023—) Charles Weerts (2023—) Raffaele Marciello (2024—) Ugo de Wilde (2025—) Kevin Magnussen (2025—) Kelvin van der Linde (2025—)

v t e Teams and drivers who are competing in the LMP2 class of the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship
CrowdStrike Racing by APR United Autosports USA Tower Motorsports TDS Racing 04. Malthe Jakobsen / George Kurtz / Toby Sowery 2. Nick Boulle / Juan Manuel Correa /Ben Hanley 22. Paul di Resta / Dan Goldburg / Rasmus Lindh 8. Sebastián Álvarez / Sébastien Bourdais / John Farano 11. Mikkel Jensen / Hunter McElrea / Steven Thomas
Era Motorsport Inter Europol Competition PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports Pratt Miller Motorsports 18. David Heinemeier Hansson / Tobias Lütke / Kakunoshin Ohta 43. Jeremy Clarke / Tom Dillmann / Bijoy Garg 52. Mathias Beche / Benjamin Pedersen / Rodrigo Sales 73. Chris Cumming / Pietro Fittipaldi / James Roe
Riley AF Corse AO Racing 74. Josh Burdon / Felipe Fraga / Gar Robinson 88. Nicklas Nielsen / Luis Pérez Companc / Matías Pérez Companc 99. Dane Cameron / Jonny Edgar / P. J. Hyett
Other drivers: Colton Herta (CrowdStrike Racing by APR), Oliver Jarvis (United Autosports USA), Garnet Patterson (United Autosports USA), James Allen (United Autosports USA), Job van Uitert (Tower Motorsports), Charles Milesi (TDS Racing), Paul-Loup Chatin (Era Motorsport), Paul-Loup Chatin (Era Motorsport), Ryan Dalziel (Era Motorsport), António Félix da Costa (Inter Europol Competition), Jon Field (Inter Europol Competition), Ben Keating (PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports), Callum Ilott (Pratt Miller Motorsports), Felipe Massa (Riley), Dylan Murry (AF Corse), Matthieu Vaxivière (AF Corse), Christian Rasmussen (AO Racing)

v t e Cadillac in Formula One
Owners	TWG Motorsports (Mark Walter & Thomas Tull)
Team Principal	Graeme Lowdon
Current personnel	Dan Towriss (CEO) Mario Andretti Adam Baker Nick Chester Peter Crolla Nathan Divey Xavier Marcos Padros John McQuilliam Russ O'Blenes Pat Symonds Naoki Tokunaga Jon Tomlinson Rob White
Drivers	2026 Race drivers 11. Sergio Pérez 77. Valtteri Bottas Test and reserve drivers Colton Herta Zhou Guanyu Development/simulator drivers Simon Pagenaud Pietro Fittipaldi Charlie Eastwood
Cars	CA01
See also	TWG Global Andretti Global Cadillac General Motors Ferrari engine customers' Grand Prix results