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In brief
Colton Herta signs Andretti contract extension
IndyCar race-winner and former AlphaTauri target Colton Herta has signed a new four-year deal with Andretti Autosport to the end of 2027.
Herta first drove for the team in Indy Lights in an entry co-owned by George Steinbrenner IV, and he won six races across two seasons. Steinbrenner then backed Herta’s promotion to IndyCar with Harding Racing, and he became the series’ youngest ever race winner with victory at the Circuit of the Americas on just his third start in the series in 2019 and aged 18.
Andretti came onboard with the Harding entry for 2020 and propelled Herta to third in the standings and another race win. He then moved into the main Andretti line-up, winning three races in 2021 and one in 2022.
His contract with the team ran to the end of 2023, but earlier this year it looked like it could be broken as Herta joined McLaren on a Formula 1 test contract and was then courted by AlphaTauri for a F1 race seat but was ineligible due to FIA superlicence requirements.
Driver ratings on F1 22 adjusted once again
Nicholas Latifi has gained the most in the latest changes to driver ratings in the F1 22 video game. His overall rating has risen by two to 69 and three of his attributes – experience, awareness and pace – have risen by one while his racecraft has risen from 72 to 75 following his points-scoring result at the Japanese Grand Prix.
Alpine’s Esteban Ocon has had his experience and racecraft increase by one, but his pace rating has fallen by one to 81 following his failure to get beyond Q1 in United States GP qualifying.
At the top of the ratings, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen have each had one point knocked off their overall scores. Verstappen remains the highest rated driver in the game on 95 points, two more than Hamilton.
Lindsay Brewer signs up for second USF Pro 2000 season
Social media personality Lindsay Brewer will continue her single-seater racing career with a full season in USF Pro 2000 in 2023.
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