17/09/2025 19:10
Lando Norris has made it clear that Colton Herta is "easily
capable" of potentially becoming an F1 driver, and will not
struggle in his new role at Cadillac. Ahead of the Italian Grand
Prix, it was announced by the Cadillac F1 Team that Herta had been
signed to become its official test and development driver. In
doing so, the American driver has departed the IndyCar series,
where he has raced full-time since 2019. Despite being a nine-time
IndyCar race winner, his dream has remained a move to F1. Alongside
being Cadillac's test driver, Herta will compete in Formula 2, to
obtain enough super license points to race in F1, as confirmed by
Dan Towriss, the CEO of TWG Motorsports, which is running the
Cadillac F1 team. Herta has spent the majority of his career in
North America, but raced against Norris in 2015 when competing for
Carlin in the MSA Formula Championship. Norris is confident the
25-year-old will face little difficulty adjusting to being
Cadillac's test driver, particularly given he has raced a variety
of cars in recent years. Asked how difficult being an F1 test
driver will be for Herta, Norris told select media including
RacingNews365 : "I mean, it's tricky. How difficult is it? Probably
not difficult for him. "He's good at jumping in all different types
of cars, and that's something he's done his whole life. He's an
extremely talented driver, and a guy I enjoyed a lot growing up
with in 2015 I think it was. "Yeah, not difficult, because I think
he's skilled enough to jump in anything and be quick. But being one
of the best in Formula 1 is difficult. "If that's still his goal,
if his goal is still to not just come in as a test driver, but in
the next few years become a Formula 1 driver and a race driver,
then of course, it gets tricky. "But yeah, he's easily capable of
potentially being in Formula 1 and those kind of things. And I look
forward to hopefully seeing him."
