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Herta Races to the Top Ten Twice at the Indy 500, Finishes 9th
Andretti Autosport: The No. 26 hit trouble on pit lane when Colton Herta collided with the No. 28 while exiting the Gainbridge pit box on Lap 134. Despite the 26 team being assessed a drive-through penalty for unsafe release, Herta was Andretti Autosport's highest finisher in ninth - his second top-10 finish on the IMS oval. The 200-lap race saw five caution periods, including three red flags, with a majority of the drama coming the second half of the event. The 107th Indy 500 showed 14 lead...
Andretti Autosport – Fast Friday Report
With qualifying approaching, Fast Friday brought the highest speeds yet this month at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Andretti Autosport team took on the 2.5-mile oval with an added horsepower boost to prepare for the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge qualifying weekend. Marco Andretti claimed the top spot for the team in second with a fast speed of 234.202 MPH while teammates Kyle Kirkwood and Colton Herta rounded out the top 10 in eighth and ninth, respectively. The on-track...
Fourth for Herta at Long Beach
From: Andretti Autosport The Race: The 85-lap race saw only two caution periods for a total of seven yellow-flag laps. There were seven lead changes throughout the race, one of which included Kirkwood taking the lead for the final time on Lap 56. Colton Herta and the No. 26 Gainbridge Honda made up three spots throughout the race just missing out on the final step of the podium coming away with a fourth-place finish. Started: 7th Finished: 4th Points: 8th (69 pts) Colton on the...
Top-Ten in Texas
From Andretti Autosport: Herta was the sole Andretti car to finish the race coming away with a seventh-place finish at the PPG 375 at Texas Motor Speedway. START: 10th FINISH: 7th CHAMPIONSHIP: 11th (37Points) "We just finished up Texas in seventh and feel like we probably could have done a little bit better. It was just a scenario where we were on a little bit older tires. The No. 26 Gainbridge Honda was great and we were able to stay competitive all day. We'll take a top-10 finish and set...
Andretti Autosport Season Preview
Note: This is part of a series of NTT INDYCAR SERIES team previews for the 2023 season and courtesy of Andretti Autosport Starting Lineup: Colton Herta (No. 26 Gainbridge Honda), Kyle Kirkwood (No. 27 AutoNation Honda), Romain Grosjean (No. 28 DHL Honda), Devlin DeFrancesco (No. 29 EVTEC Honda), Marco Andretti (No. 98 KULR/Curb Honda for the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge). 2022 in Review: Herta and Alexander Rossi won races for Michael Andretti’s organization, both on the...
F1 News: How Colton Herta Narrowly Missed A Seat On The Grid In 2022 And 2023
Colton Herta's ongoing journey into F1. LYDIA MEEJAN/F1 News Jan. 10, 2023/Si.com With the news of Andretti Autosport's partnership with Cadillac as a potential new team to join Formula 1, all eyes have been on Colton Herta as the favourite to drive for the team if all goes ahead. However, this is not his first time getting close to driving on the grid. Herta made his IndyCar debut in 2019 driving for Harding Steinbrenner Racing. He moved to Andretti in 2020 where he has competed since. Over...
Andretti Autosport Completes Penultimate INDYCAR Race at Portland International Raceway
Andretti PR: In the shadow of sprawling evergreens, the Grand Prix of Portland hosted the penultimate round of the 2022 NTT INDYCAR Series season on Sunday. The quadrant of Andretti Autosport Honda entries fought through 110 laps on the 12-turn, 1.964-mile course at Portland International Raceway. All eyes were on the opening corner, but the side-by-side action remained clean as the field settled into race pace. The highest finisher of the Andretti Autosport team was Colton Herta in...
INDYCAR GRAND PRIX OF PORTLAND WEEKEND PREVIEW
NTT INDYCAR SERIESRound 16PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAYThe NTT INDYCAR SERIES returns to the West Coast as Portland International Raceway hosts the penultimate round of the 2022 season. The 12-turn, 1.964-mile course has been kind to Andretti Autosport, with a team driver finishing on the podium each race since the track's 2018 return to the INDYCAR schedule.
ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT BOMMARITO AUTOMOTIVE GROUP 500 RECAP
Andretti Autosport took on one final oval race at World Wide Technology Raceway for the Bommarito Automotive Group 500. The team of four drivers strung together qualifying results starting with Romain Grosjean earning ninth, Devlin DeFrancesco taking 10th as the highest qualifying rookie, Alexander Rossi 11th and Colton Herta in 12th. However, Grosjean was assigned a nine-place grid penalty for a fifth engine change, thus relegating Grosjean to an 18th-place start. The start...
BOMMARITO AUTOMOTIVE GROUP 500 WEEKEND PREVIEW
NTT INDYCAR SERIESRound 14WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY RACEWAYAndretti Autosport nears the end of the 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season with one final oval race at World Wide Technology Raceway. The 1.25-mile oval is known for having varying degrees of banking in each of its turns and being egg-shaped. The Andretti Autosport team has collected multiple top 10 finishes in the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 since the series returned to the track in 2017.