Colton Herta closes in on F1 superlicence as point totals differ

Colton Herta is one or two points short of the 40 needed for an F1 superlicence, depending on which tally is used after his Friday FP1 outing at the United States Grand Prix. RacingNews365 calculated his total at 38; a Cadillac spokesperson told the outlet he was on 39, but did not explain the extra point when asked. Herta drove Sergio Perez's Cadillac in his fourth FP1 appearance of the year.

RacingNews365's 38-point calculation starts with 35 points from Herta's IndyCar standings: one for 10th in 2023, 30 for second in 2024 and four for seventh in 2025. It adds three for FP1 outings in Barcelona, Austria and the United States Grand Prix, where Herta completed more than 100 km. RacingNews365 says his Monza outing did not earn a point: he completed only five laps, or 25 km, below the 100 km threshold.

RacingNews365 says Herta could still reach 40 by the end of the year if Cadillac uses him in at least two more free practice sessions, one of them mandatory. Valtteri Bottas has so far missed one FP1 session for Herta, and each regular race driver is required to miss two sessions.

After the session, Herta said he did not know his precise points total and that the team was still working out whether he would be back in the car. He said his goal remained to reach Formula 1 with Cadillac, GM and TWG as soon as possible.