Cadillac has confirmed that check driver Colton Herta will take part in 4 Free Follow 1 classes for the American workforce this 12 months.
Herta, from Santa Clarita, California, will take part in his first FP1 on the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, earlier than three different outings over the course of the season.
The FP1 runs mark his first official Grand Prix weekend appearances for the workforce and might be a key milestone in his growth, because the American driver appears to achieve worthwhile expertise in a stay race weekend setting following runs within the workforce’s simulator in Charlotte.
„I can not wait to get behind the wheel of the automobile for the primary time,“ mentioned Herta. „I’m wanting ahead to working carefully with the workforce in a full Grand Prix setting and am absolutely targeted on studying from each look. I hope I can contribute to the general race weekend and assist the workforce, Checo and Valtteri as a lot as potential.“
The announcement of his FP1 program comes after a robust debut weekend within the System 2 Championship at Albert Park, the place he completed seventh within the Characteristic Race.
„Colton is a prime expertise,“ mentioned Graeme Lowdon, „which he has not solely proved by constructing a formidable resume within the NTT IndyCar Sequence earlier than becoming a member of us, but in addition with a robust begin to his System 2 season.
„Finishing all 4 of our younger driver FP1 classes is a pure subsequent step in his check driver position, and I stay up for seeing what he can carry by way of growth and focus.“
„Colton has actually earned this chance,“ added Dan Towriss. „These classes are a worthwhile alternative for him to combine with the workforce, develop his abilities behind the wheel and off the observe, and find out about a Grand Prix weekend from the within.“
Herta will even take to the observe throughout the Miami Grand Prix weekend, when F2 will go to the Miami Autodrome for the primary time.
