Hitech driver Colton Herta has appeared to verify that he won’t return to Formulation 2 for a second season in 2027.
The American, who additionally at the moment serves as a reserve driver for Cadillac F1 Staff, has struggled throughout his rookie season within the sequence.
After having suffered a heavy crash throughout qualifying in Madrid, Herta was too unwell to take part in each the Dash and Function races on the new circuit.
Coming from a profitable profession in IndyCar, Herta made the transition to F2 for the 2026 season with ambitions of finally racing in Formulation 1. The American driver is ready to take part in 4 F1 free observe classes this 12 months, having carried out his first in Barcelona, and two extra in Hungary and Italy.
With a view to be eligible for an F1 seat, Herta wants a further two Tremendous Licence factors, that are primarily amassed via leads to junior classes and rookie FP1 classes. He at the moment sits nineteenth within the F2 drivers’ standings with simply 26 factors – a consequence that will not rating him any factors in direction of a Tremendous Licence.
Requested whether or not he had been anticipating F2 to be as tough as he had discovered it, Herta was quoted as saying: “I feel I used to be already anticipating quite a lot of that. I’ve really at all times assumed it might be tough as a result of I do know the usual.
“I’ve raced towards drivers who’ve been profitable in Formulation 2, and in addition towards drivers who’ve moved from Formulation 2 to IndyCar and carried out nicely there.
“So I understand how quick these drivers are – there was by no means any doubt about that. I knew from the beginning that it might be a problem.”
Colton Herta mentioned to be ‘uninterested’ in persevering with in F2
Most of Hitech’s 96 championship factors have been scored by Herta’s extra skilled teammate, Ritomo Miyata. The Japanese driver has amassed 70 factors throughout eight races thus far, together with a victory and podium in Madrid.
When probed as to what he believes have been the workforce’s largest challenges, Herta mentioned: “It’s onerous to say. However one factor is evident: we merely have to enhance. We’re really not quick sufficient in virtually each space, which I discover irritating.
“However I can solely work on the issues I can affect myself, give my finest in these areas and attempt to help the workforce and assist them as a lot as attainable wherever I can.”
The American driver made it clear he has no intentions of returning to F2 for one more season. It’s but unclear whether or not this might point out a return to IndyCar, the place he has beforehand discovered extra success.
“I feel we’ll simply have to attend and see,” Herta mentioned. “However I’m not thinking about one other 12 months in Formulation 2.”