Overview

• The 25-year-old will leave IndyCar to serve as Cadillac’s 2026 Formula 1 test and development driver while racing in Formula 2.
• Andretti partner Dan Towriss said Herta must earn any future promotion, noting Cadillac’s 2026 race seats are held by experienced drivers Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez.
• Herta holds 34 FIA Super Licence points and would typically reach the 40-point threshold with a top-eight finish in the 2026 F2 championship.
• The F2 campaign is designed to build familiarity with Pirelli tyres and European circuits and to place Herta regularly inside the F1 paddock.
• Herta left the door open to a one-off IndyCar outing such as the Indy 500 if it does not compromise his F1 objective, and he expects to return to IndyCar later in his career.