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Montoya questions whether or not change to F1 is ”good” for Herta
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Montoya questions whether or not change to F1 is ”good” for Herta

By Miles Cooper March 12, 2025
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Now that Cadillac is on observe to enter Formulation 1 in 2026, it’s time for the brand new crew to start out considering critically about who its drivers will probably be.

Ever since Michael Andretti began the undertaking to deliver a brand new crew to F1, which has since developed into the Cadillac entry backed by Normal Motors and Dan Towriss’ TWG Group, Colton Herta’s title has been talked about time and time once more.

In a latest interview with Motorsport.com, Mario Andretti, who stays related to the Cadillac undertaking as a board director, insisted that Herta was the main candidate to drive one of many new crew’s vehicles.

Juan Pablo Montoya, who loved a profitable profession in each F1 and IndyCar, understands why Herta is enticing to Cadillac.

“There’s an opportunity he might do it, 100%”, Montoya informed Motorsport.com through Oddspedia when requested concerning the possibilities of Herta racing in F1 with the Cadillac crew.

Montoya questions whether or not change to F1 is ”good” for Herta

Colton Herta, Andretti World

Picture by: Penske Leisure

“I believe they must do a great job making ready him. I believe it might want numerous work doing checks and every part, like everyone does with the outdated vehicles, to do sufficient miles to arrange him for the yr forward, however I actually do consider that they might do it, and I believe that is their hope”.

The 2-time Indy500 winner then hinted at a situation that has not but been publicly mentioned, specifically that Herta might be part of Cadillac as a reserve relatively than as a race driver.

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“I do not know if they’re going to put him in to start out, or if they may put him in in a yr or two. Perhaps they might begin with somebody totally different, and put him in as a reserve driver, after which put him in, or they might go along with him from the start, I do not know what they’re considering, however I consider Herta could be one of many logical decisions for them as a result of he is from the identical group”, he stated.

Nonetheless, Montoya has warned simply how a lot Herta could be risking by leaving his present spot in one in every of IndyCar’s high groups in Andretti World for a very new F1 crew.

“It might be a very nice story if Colton was there, however he is already very well established in America, I do not know the way good it might be to come back in [to F1] on the place he is at in America. To vary every part and threat every part for F1. He’d be getting into a scenario that is not straightforward, the place they do not know [at Cadillac] how aggressive they will be, how briskly they will be. He is in top-of-the-line groups in America, the place he has an opportunity to win races each week, and would abruptly change to be within the backside 5 each week to say he’s in F1. It is not straightforward.”

Colton Herta, Andretti Global

Colton Herta, Andretti World

Picture by: Penske Leisure

Montoya identified that the nice popularity Herta enjoys within the US at the moment might change if he fails in F1.

“The issue is that if he leaves, they will exchange him with somebody,” stated the previous Williams and McLaren driver. “If that individual does very well and Colton would not do effectively in Formulation 1, there will not be a spot for him.

“There is a threat, they usually’ll in all probability say, ‘Sure, the seat is at all times yours’, but when somebody is available in and is doing a greater job than he was doing, then abruptly the seat is not a lot his. Issues in motorsport change in a short time.”

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