Colton Herta

Colton Herta 2018

Colton Herta (born March 30, 2000 in Valencia , California ) is an American racing car driver . He has been in the IndyCar Series since 2018 .

Career

Herta began his motorsport career in karting in 2010 , in which he remained active until 2014. In 2012 he also made his debut in formula racing and drove the SBF2000 in the 2012/13 winter series . He finished the winter series in sixth place and was second overall in the subsequent summer series. In addition, Herta won the Pacific Formula F1600 in 2013 . In 2014 Herta competed for JAY Motorsports in the US F2000 National Championship . With two fifth places as the best results, he was 15th in the drivers' standings. He also started once in the Lites category of the GRC Rallycross .

In 2015 Herta moved to Europe and competed for Carlin in the British Formula 4 championship . Herta won four races and finished the championship in third place overall. In 2016 Herta stayed with Carlin and switched to the Euroformula Open . He scored four wins and was again third in the overall standings. He also took part in two events of the British Formula 3 Championship . He won a race in the process.

In 2017 Herta returned to North America and competed for Andretti Steinbrenner Racing in the Indy Lights . His racing car was used by Andretti Autosport and financed by George Michael Steinbrenner IV . With two wins, he finished third overall as the best rookie. In 2018 Herta stayed with Andretti Steinbrenner Racing in Indy Lights. Herta won four races, deciding all three races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for themselves. With 447 to 491 points, he finished second overall behind his teammate Patricio O'Ward . He also made his debut at the season finale of the IndyCar Series 2018 for Harding Racing in the IndyCar Series .

2019 Herta took first for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing on the 24 Hours of Daytona in the IMSA Championship WeatherTech SportsCar (WTSCC) part. He won the GTLM class. He then received a full-time cockpit in the 2019 IndyCar Series . Steinbrenner, who had already financed Herta's stakes in the Indy Lights, had meanwhile joined Harding Racing, which is why the team started as Harding Steinbrenner Racing from then on. In the second race of the season, his third IndyCar race ever, the IndyCar Classic in Austin , he scored his first victory, which was also the first victory for the racing team. With the victory at the age of 18, Herta also replaced Graham Rahal as the youngest IndyCar winner. In the ranking for Rookie of the Year he had to admit defeat Felix Rosenqvist by five points. He celebrated his second victory at the season finale in Laguna Seca .

Personal

Herta is the son of racing driver Bryan Herta .

statistics

Career stations

2010–2014: karting
2013: SBF2000, winter (6th place)
2013: SBF2000, summer (2nd place)
2013: Pacific Formula F1600 (champion)
2014: US F2000 National Championship (15th place)

2015: GRC Rallycross , Lites (15th place)
2015 : British Formula 4 (3rd place)
2016 : Euroformula Open (3rd place)
2016: British Formula 3 (19th place)
2017 : Indy Lights (3rd place)

2018 : Indy Lights (2nd place)
2018 : IndyCar Series (37th place)
2019 : IndyCar Series (7th place)
2019: WTSCC , GTML

Individual results in the IndyCar Series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	rank
2018	Harding Racing	STP	PHO	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	STL	POR	SNM	20th	37.
2018	Harding Racing																	20th	20th	37.
2019	Harding Steinbrenner Racing	STP	COA	ALA	LBH	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	GOAL	IOW	MDO	POC	STL	POR	LAG	420	7th
2019	Harding Steinbrenner Racing	8th	1 °	24	23	23	33	12	12	18th	8th	7th	18th	8th	16	9 °	4 °	1 *	420	7th
2020	Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport	TXS	IMS	ROA		IOW		INDY	STL		IMS		STP	MDO					140	7th
2020	Andretti Harding Steinbrenner Autosport	7th	4th	5	5	19th	19th												140	7th

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Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2019	United States BMW Team RLL	BMW M8 GTE	United States Connor De Phillippi	United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist	Rank 16

Web links

Commons : Colton Herta - collection of images, videos and audio files

Career statistics of Colton Herta (English)

Individual evidence

↑ David Malsher: Colton Herta quits Europe to race Indy Lights in 2017. Motorsport.com, December 15, 2016, accessed on March 24, 2019 (English).
↑ Christopher DeHarde: Herta driven to smooth out rough edges in 2018 Indy Lights season. indycar.com, November 27, 2017, accessed March 24, 2019 .
↑ Robin Miller: New Harding Steinbrenner Racing team signs O'Ward, Herta for 2019. racer.com, September 19, 2018, accessed March 24, 2019 .
↑ Heiko Stritzke: IndyCar Austin 2019: Colton Herta is the youngest winner of all time. Motorsport-Total.com, March 24, 2019, accessed March 24, 2019 .
↑ Andre Wiegold: IndyCar test day 1: Rookie Colton Herta fastest. Motorsport-Total.com, February 13, 2019, accessed March 24, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Herta, Colton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH	March 30, 2000
PLACE OF BIRTH	Valencia (Santa Clarita) , California , United States

[1] David Malsher: Colton Herta quits Europe to race Indy Lights in 2017. Motorsport.com, December 15, 2016, accessed on March 24, 2019 (English).

[2] Christopher DeHarde: Herta driven to smooth out rough edges in 2018 Indy Lights season. indycar.com, November 27, 2017, accessed March 24, 2019 .

[3] Robin Miller: New Harding Steinbrenner Racing team signs O'Ward, Herta for 2019. racer.com, September 19, 2018, accessed March 24, 2019 .

[4] Heiko Stritzke: IndyCar Austin 2019: Colton Herta is the youngest winner of all time. Motorsport-Total.com, March 24, 2019, accessed March 24, 2019 .

[5] Andre Wiegold: IndyCar test day 1: Rookie Colton Herta fastest. Motorsport-Total.com, February 13, 2019, accessed March 24, 2019 .

Penske	Foyt	Mclaren SP	Ganassi	RLLR	Coyne
01 Newgarden 0 3 Castroneves (Indy 500) 12 Power 22 Pagenaud	04 Kimball 14 Kanaan (O) 14 Bourdais (part time) 14 Kellett (part time) TBA Kellett (Indy 500)	05 O'Ward 0 7 Askew 66 Alonso (Indy 500)	08 Ericsson 0 9 Dixon 10 Rosenqvist	15 Rahal 30 Satō 45 Pigot (Indy GP, 500)	18 Ferrucci 51 Davison (Indy 500) 55 Palou
Carpenter	Dreyer & Reinbold	Andretti	Carlin	Meyer Shank	DragonSpeed
20 Daly (R) 20 Carpenter (O) 21 VeeKay 47 Daly (Indy 500)	24 Karam (part-time) TBA Hildebrand (Indy 500)	26 Veach 27 Rossi 28 Hunter-Reay 29 Hinchcliffe (part-time) 88 Herta 98 Andretti	59 Chilton (R, Indy 500) 59 Daly (part time)	60 Harvey	84 Hanley (Indy 500)
R = circular routes, O = ovals