A week after getting the rug pulled out from under him, Colton Herta finally has enough points to apply for the FIA Super License needed to race in Formula 1.
The Cadillac Formula 1 Team test driver thought he’d earned the final point that got him to the 40 required after taking part in the first practice session before the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin last week, but he was thwarted by an accounting error.
The team and the FIA were basing their tally on the 2025 IndyCar standings that were posted on the series website, which for a short time incorrectly showed him in sixth place, tied on points with Felix Rosenqvist, while his official result was seventh on a tiebreaker, which lost him a point.
So, Cadillac got him back in the car on Friday morning for the first practice session at Brazil, but that was no guarantee he’d hear the point. Earlier in the year, his practice session at Monza was cut short by a technical issue and he wasn’t able to cover the 100 km required to get the point.
Fortunately, he had no such trouble at Interlagos, where he needed to complete 24 laps of the circuit to reach the goal but ended up putting 30 in the books.
He’ll now need to pay $14,000 for his first-year license, but that doesn’t mean he’ll get to use it. Cadillac still hasn’t decided who Sergio Perez’s teammate will be in 2027 and may retain Valtteri Bottas or sign another F1 veteran or super license holder.
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