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Herta Races from Eleventh to Fifth at Road America
From Andretti Autosport: Andretti Autosport had its strongest run of the year, finishing third, fourth, fifth and 18th in the Sonsio Grand Prix of Road America. Alexander Rossi took home his second straight podium of the season with a third-place finish. Behind Rossi were teammates Romain Grosjean and Colton Herta in fourth and fifth, respectively. Devlin DeFrancesco battled back from two stop-and-go penalties to finish 18th overall. Colton Herta proved to be smooth and steady over the race....
DETROIT GRAND PRIX RACE REPORT
NTT INDYCAR SERIESRound 7DETROIT BELLE ISLE From Andretti Autosport: Andretti Autosport took on the mean streets of Detroit for the final time at Belle Isle Raceway. Colton Herta, Romain Grosjean and Devlin DeFrancesco all had a two-stop strategy though each played out differently. For Herta, he earned an eighth-place finish as he hit fuel mark after fuel mark while awaiting a yellow that never came. Colton Herta at Belle Isle
Indy 500 Qualifying Report
From Andretti AutosportDay One of qualifying for the 106th Running of the Indianapolis 500 Presented by Gainbridge saw a variety of track conditions as the Andretti team of five drivers worked to set grid positions. Ultimately, the day came to an early end due to rain and positions 13-33 were set under dark skies. Both Marco Andretti and Colton Herta saw trouble during their first qualifying attempts with Andretti being victim of qualifying interference from a competitor's car on track, while...
Herta Controls Chaos to Win Wild GMR Grand Prix
Story and photo courtesy of INDYCAR: 05.14.22 — Colton Herta won one of the wildest races in recent NTT INDYCAR SERIES history, controlling the chaos of changing weather conditions, ever-evolving tire strategies and numerous incidents to take the checkered flag for the GMR Grand Prix on Saturday on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. Herta, from Valencia, California, earned his first NTT INDYCAR SERIES victory of the season and his seventh career win in the No. 26 Gainbridge Honda...
Herta Fast at Barber
Story by Andretti Autosport: Andretti Autosport and the NTT INDYCAR SERIES started race day off at Barber Motorsports Park a bit soggy, but by the time the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama went green, it was nothing but blue skies. After red flags ended qualifying sessions early for Devlin DeFrancesco, Colton Herta and Romain Grosjean, the drivers were game to make up for lost positions. In addition, Alexander Rossi wanted to make the most of his fifth-place starting position, his highest of...
Despite Dominance, Herta 23rd After Contact at Long Beach
Andretti Autosport left the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach with some huge highs and a few heartaches from Round 3 of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. Driver Colton Herta showed that he knows his home track best by winning Saturday's NTT P1 Pole Award, the team’s first pole of the 2022 campaign. Herta set a new track record with his fast lap time of 1:05.3095. The moment was dedicated to the people of his hometown and the Honda HPD Santa Clarita, California base. Unfortunately, contact with the...
Herta Wins the Pole Position with a New Track Record at Long Beach
Colton Herta pulverized the track record by nearly a second to win the NTT P1 Award for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on Saturday, leading three Andretti Autosport cars in the Firestone Fast Six. Southern California native Herta’s top lap was 1 minute, 5.3095 in the No. 26 Gainbridge Honda to earn his first pole of the season and eighth of his career. That lap crushed the track record of 1:06.2254 set by Helio Castroneves in April 2017, as air temperatures were about 20 degrees cooler...
COLTON HERTA TO TEST WITH McLAREN FORMULA 1 IN 2022
With the new F1 sporting regulations, Colton will be a part of our MCL35M testing programme McLaren Racing confirmed today that current IndyCar driver Colton Herta from the USA will test for the McLaren F1 Team as part of its 2021 MCL35M car testing programme in 2022. Herta became the youngest-ever winner in IndyCar history in 2019 when he took victory at the Circuit of the Americas. Since then, the 21-year-old American has secured six wins and seven pole positions in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES....
Herta delivers late heroics for DragonSpeed to take LMP2 victory
RACER | By Richard S. James | January 30, 2022 5:31 PM ET Photo - Richard Dole/Motorsport Images The DragonSpeed LMP2 squad of Eric Lux, Devlin Defrancesco, Pato O’Ward and Colton Herta looked to be out of the fight for the LMP2 win after going three laps down, largely thanks to pit lane violations for the No. 81 ORECA. But the cautions allowed them to get back on the lead lap in the late going, and speed put them out front of the No. 8 Tower Motorsport ORECA of John Farano, Louis Deletraz,...
Herta Wins the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach
Finishes the Season with Back to Back Victories in California With the completion of the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, another season of NTT INDYCAR SERIES competition is in the books. While the 2021 Champion did not come from the Andretti stable, the season was marked with highs including Sunday's victory by California-native Colton Herta. Herta led 43 of Sunday’s 85-lap race to record his third win of the 2021 season and sixth of his INDYCAR career. COLTON HERTANo. 26...