Cadillac has confirmed its F1 check driver Colton Herta will make his Method 2 debut subsequent season with Hitech, following his change from IndyCar.
Herta is a part of the Cadillac F1 set-up, however can solely maintain a check function at this stage attributable to his lack of an FIA Tremendous License. F2 affords the best variety of Tremendous License factors of any championship and his transfer to F1’s feeder collection was introduced final month, and now it’s confirmed that he’ll race for Hitech. Led by former Alpine workforce principal Ollie Oakes, the workforce has received races in each F2 season since coming into in 2020.
“I’m extremely excited to formally be becoming a member of F2 for the 2026 Method 2 season,” Herta mentioned. “That is a tremendous alternative to develop my expertise in European racing and to measure myself towards a number of the finest younger drivers on the earth.
“Racing on the identical weekends as Method 1 will give me first-hand expertise of that setting and assist me develop as a part of the Cadillac F1 household. I’m very grateful to Cadillac and Hitech for his or her belief and help and I can’t wait to get began.”
In becoming a member of Hitech, Herta will race for a workforce that’s at the moment combating for each championships in F2 this yr. It is also one that provides logistical comfort, as Hitech is predicated at Silverstone, a brief stroll from Cadillac’s UK base on the identical circuit.
TWG Motorsports and Cadillac F1 Group CEO Dan Towriss says each Herta and Hitech have proven they will ship success prior to now, because the Californian appears to be like to immerse himself within the European racing setting forward of a possible F1 probability.
“Colton has already proven distinctive expertise and professionalism all through his profession,” Towriss mentioned. “His transfer into Method 2 with Hitech is a pure and necessary subsequent step in his growth in the direction of Method 1. Competing in F2 is not going to solely strengthen his racecraft within the European setting but in addition permit for better integration with our workforce as he continues to help us along with his testing and simulator duties.
“We’re happy with Colton’s dedication to success in European racing, and we look ahead to seeing him tackle this thrilling new problem with Hitech – a workforce with a confirmed historical past of success in junior classes.”
Hitech is having fun with a very aggressive season this yr, sitting simply 12 factors adrift of present chief Invicta within the groups’ championship, whereas Luke Browning is 27 factors off the highest within the drivers’ standings. There are two rounds remaining of the 2025 season in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.
