IndyCar race-winner Colton Herta hasn’t given up hope he may race in Formula 1 one day after a potential chance to join the series through Andretti last year failed to materialise.
Michael Andretti was involved in negotiations to take over Sauber, which runs Alfa Romeo’s F1 team, until the deal fell apart in October. The former McLaren F1 racer planned to place Herta at the team had his plans come to fruition.
Herta ended last year’s IndyCar season strongly with wins in the final two races. However he is still nurturing hopes of becoming America’s first F1 driver since his team mate Alexander Rossi seven years ago.
“I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want to do Formula 1,” said Herta. “I want to do a lot of stuff in my career. But a lot of it also needs certain timing.”
Herta, who was Lando Norris’s team mate in Britain’s MSA Formula (now British Formula 4) series in 2015, says he has time on his side if the chance to race in F1 arises soon.
“Formula 1 is one of…