47 Facts About Colton Herta

Colton Herta is the youngest person to ever win an IndyCar Series race.

Colton Herta is the son of IndyCar and Champ Car driver Bryan Herta.

Colton Herta made his single-seater racing debut at 13, finishing second in the SBF2000 Winter Series.

Colton Herta made a one-off appearance in the Global RallyCross Championship Lites, being the youngest driver to compete in the series.

Colton Herta went on to collect three more victories throughout the season, finishing third overall.

Colton Herta went on to compete in six British F3 events, earning three podium finishes including a victory at Brands Hatch.

In 2017 Colton Herta joined forces with the newly formed Steinbrenner Racing to pilot the 98-car in the Indy Lights Series.

Colton Herta started the year strong with a second-place finish in the first race at St Petersburg street circuit and followed it up with a Sunday victory; Colton's first win in Indy Lights.

Colton Herta got his 2nd victory at the next event at Barber Motorsports Park, the series' 400th race.

Colton Herta won Rookie of the Year and finished 3rd in the drivers championship.

Colton Herta won four races, including all three held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Colton Herta finished 2nd in points to his Andretti teammate Patricio O'Ward.

In September 2018, Colton Herta made his IndyCar Series debut at the season finale in Sonoma, driving for Harding Racing.

Colton Herta was the first IndyCar Series driver born in the 2000s to start a race.

On March 24,2019, at the age of 18, Colton Herta became the youngest-ever winner in IndyCar history by winning the IndyCar Classic at Circuit of the Americas.

On June 22,2019, at the age of 19, Colton Herta became the youngest-ever pole-sitter at Road America.

Colton Herta won again at Laguna Seca, and finished 7th in the overall standings, just 5 points behind Rookie of the Year Felix Rosenqvist.

Colton Herta finished 7th in the opening round of the 2020 IndyCar season at Texas Motor Speedway.

On September 13,2020, Colton Herta won the second of two races held at Mid-Ohio.

Colton Herta scored a runner-up finish at the Indianapolis road course's Saturday race.

Colton Herta started his season caught up in an accident caused by Josef Newgarden in Alabama but earned his first win of the season at St Petersburg, his first win on a street circuit.

Colton Herta was frequently beset by poor strategy, mechanical issues, and driving errors.

Colton Herta was in place to win the race at Gateway but would have to retire the car due to a broken half shaft that happened during a pitstop.

Colton Herta would pick up his second win of the season at Laguna Seca, where he led all but one lap of the race to win from pole.

Colton Herta finished the season off with a come from behind victory on The Streets of Long Beach when he started fourteenth and worked his way rapidly through the field to take the lead from Josef Newgarden and Scott Dixon to win his third race of the season.

Colton Herta ultimately finished the season fifth in the championship standings.

Colton Herta struggled in the initial rounds of the season, including crashing after losing the lead at Long Beach, but picked up his first win of the season at the GMR Grand Prix.

Colton Herta was in place to win the second race at the IMS road course before a mechanical failure would cause him to have to retire the car for the day and his teammate Alexander Rossi would win.

Colton Herta initially signed a multi-year contract to remain with Andretti Autosport, though this would be later to be extended to 2027.

Colton Herta took back-to-back poles at Mid-Ohio and Road America, where he would lead the most laps.

Road America proved to be the closest Colton Herta would come to a win in 2023, dominating the race before dropping to 5th due to a poor strategy call forcing him to save fuel in order to reach the finish.

Colton Herta started the season with five top five finishes in the first five races, including podiums at St Petersburg and Long Beach.

Colton Herta struggled with bad luck and performance issues after the Indianapolis 500, though did manage to pick up another podium finish at Laguna Seca and his first pole position on an oval at Iowa.

Colton Herta finally broke through at Toronto, qualifying on pole and winning his first race in two years.

At the final race of the season at the Nashville Superspeedway, Colton Herta broke through and took his first win on an oval, securing second place to Alex Palou in the 2024 IndyCar Series championship standings, his highest points total yet.

Colton Herta became the highest scoring Andretti Autosport driver in the modern IndyCar era since Ryan Hunter-Reay in 2012.

Colton Herta participated in the 2019 24 Hours of Daytona in a BMW M8 GTE for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Colton Herta returned to Daytona participate in the 2022 edition, partnering fellow IndyCar drivers Pato O'Ward and Devlin DeFrancesco along with Eric Lux in an LMP2 entry for DragonSpeed.

The quartet won after Colton Herta took the lead in the final 11 minutes of the race.

In late 2022 Colton Herta was confirmed as one of the drivers for the new BMW M Hybrid V8 prototype to be fielded by Rahal Letterman Lannigan racing during the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship.

Colton Herta got to mold the seat and do a test with the simulator at the team's base in Hinwil, Switzerland, where according to multiple reports and Mario Andretti, he set faster times than Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi, then Alfa Romeo's lineup.

In March 2022, Colton Herta was signed by McLaren as a development driver in the 2022 season to test the MCL35M from 2021.

Colton Herta however lacked enough points to obtain a super license, which is necessary to be able to contest in Formula One.

Red Bull reached an agreement with Alpine for Colton Herta to be included in the tests with its Formula One cars in September in Hungary, which the French team was organizing to choose its driver in 2023.

Alpine would accept, so that Colton Herta could get some extra points in his super license and that the AlphaTauri driver, Pierre Gasly, was free to join the French team.

In late 2024, Colton Herta became heavily linked to a drive at the newly-forming Cadillac Formula One Team after their bid to join Formula One in 2026 was accepted.

Colton Herta plays the drums and is a member of indie punk rock band The Zibs, which he formed in 2018 with his high school friends Jon Graber and Chris Broadbent.