Colton Herta and the Super License: the FIA whistles the end of the game

The legislator confirms that a Super License request has been submitted for Colton Herta, long anticipated at Alpha Tauri. Request deemed inadmissible.

Published on 23/09/2022 à 20:44

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Colton Herta and the Super License: the FIA whistles the end of the game

Colton Herta during the 2022 Miami Grand Prix / © DPPI

This is the end of a saga that will have kept us busy for weeks. Colton Herta is not eligible for the Super License, an essential key to riding in Formula 1. The FIA made this known this Friday evening via a laconic statement.

The pilot IndyCar, multiple winner in the North American single-seater championship, only has 32 points when it takes 40 to obtain the F1 license.

Anxious to place him with Alpha Tauri to replace a Pierre Gasly leaving for Alpine, Red Bull Oh good
tried to obtain an exemption for the 22-year-old Californian. In vain.

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« The FIA confirms that a request was made via the usual procedure, declared a federal spokesperson this Friday. The FIA thus confirms that driver Colton Herta does not have the sufficient number of points to be awarded a Super License.

The FIA is constantly reviewing its regulations and procedures, particularly those related to obtaining the Super License. The main factors taken into account are safety, experience, and performance in the context of the planned route ».

Translation: Herta only had to borrow the FIA pyramid from the car F4-F3-F2 instead of going to shine in IndyCar... of which he is the youngest winner in history!

Red Bull seemed in any case to have turned the page to set its sights on the Dutchman Nyck de Vries, who impressed during the last Italian GP by replacing Alexander albon off the cuff at Williams.

If it closes the Herta chapter for the moment, it is not certain, however, that the federal communication will silence the legitimate and mainly from North America.