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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...
From Victory Circle to the Streets of Long Beach Herta at Home for Season Finale
NTT INDYCAR SERIES Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach OF NOTE: Team owner Michael Andretti will serve as Grand Marshal for this weekend's Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. Andretti captured two Long Beach wins as a driver (1986, 2002), four wins as a team owner (2010, 2011, 2018, 2019) and a win as a Super Vee driver (1983). Andretti was honored permanently on the Long Beach Walk of Fame in 2010. It has been almost 30 months since the NTT INDYCAR SERIES last raced in Long Beach, with the 2020 race...
Herta Domination Continues at Laguna Seca, Colton wins from Pole The Herta family domination continued at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca as Colton Herta captured his second consecutive win at the Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey from the pole and the fifth win of his INDYCAR career. With an #AllAndretti front row lockout in qualifying, Alexander Rossi started Sunday's race next to his teammate challenging Herta for the lead on the opening lap, but contact two laps into the race...
NTT INDYCAR SERIES Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey The NTT INDYCAR SERIES will continue their three-race West Coast swing to round out the 2021 season as they head to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for the Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey. INDYCAR returned to Laguna Seca in 2019 for the first time since the 2004 Champ Car Series season and were poised to come back in 2020 before COVID-19 restrictions put a halt to the series' return. Colton Herta continued the Herta family domination at...
NTT INDYCAR SERIES Bommarito Automotive Group 500 OF NOTE: The Bommarito Automotive Group 500 will be the 13th INDYCAR SERIES race at World Wide Technology Raceway and the sixth since the series returned to the short oval in 2017 after a 13-year break. It will also be the fourth and final oval race of the 2021 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season. Coming off his third podium finish of the season, Colton Herta has never finished outside of the top 10 and has one top-five finish (4th, 2020 - Race 1) in...