How American driver Herta is climbing the ladder to Cadillac F1

Posted by Talbot Payne on May 3, 2026

Ex-IndyCar America driver Colton Herta is competing for the Hitech Grand Prix team in Formula Two in 2026.

Ex-IndyCar America driver Colton Herta is competing for the Hitech Grand Prix team in Formula Two in 2026.

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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.

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