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🇺🇸 Colton Herta

Racing driver from United States. Formula 2, Hitech.
Driver facts
Full name
Colton Herta
Born
30 March 2000(b. 2000)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Hitech
Series
Formula 2
Status
Active
Career wins
23
Career podiums
60
Career starts
220
Career DNFs
1
Racer Rating
5,510
Colton Herta
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,510
Rank 600 of 38,983 indexed, -1234 this season
FIA Categorisation
Platinum
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Colton Herta is a racing driver from United States who competes in Formula 2 for Hitech. Herta has recorded 23 wins and 60 podiums from 220 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,510 ranks Herta 600th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAAUSAUSUSAMIAMIACANCANMONMONBARBARAUTAUTGREGREBELBELHUNHUN
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-07-26Budapest FRFormula 2P19−114
2026-07-25Budapest SRFormula 2P14−46
2026-07-19Spa-Francorchamps FRFormula 2P7+58
2026-07-18Spa-Francorchamps SRFormula 2P13−29
2026-07-05Silverstone FRFormula 2P16−88
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+159GRAND PRIX AT LAGUNA SECA 2019IndyCarP1
+158CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS 2019IndyCarP1
+143Grand Prix of St. Petersburg 2021IndyCarP1
+142Daytona International Speedway 2019IMSA WeatherTechP1
+128Grand Prix of Laguna Seca 2021IndyCarP1
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Grand Prix of Toronto4 starts+47
Grand Prix of Road America5 starts+25
Grand Prix of St. Petersburg5 starts+15
Grand Prix of Portland5 starts+15
Struggles
Grand Prix of Iowa Race 14 starts-39
Indianapolis 5005 starts-34
Sebring International Raceway4 starts-26
Brands Hatch8 starts-21
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸Formula 2Hitech1800100P14−1,0825,510
▸IMSA WeatherTechCadillac Wayne Taylor Racing200000P19−152
2025▸IndyCar1702000P9−1306,744
▸IMSA WeatherTechCrowdstrike Racing by APR100000P32−91
2024â–¸IndyCar1826000P3+5746,966
â–¸IMSA WeatherTechWayne Taylor Racing with Andretti312000P11+2
2023â–¸IndyCar1701000P12+276,389
▸IMSA WeatherTechBMW M Team RLL100000P23−84
2022▸IndyCar1712000P9−2086,446
â–¸IMSA WeatherTechDragonSpeed USA111000P21+49
2021â–¸IndyCar1635000P5+3076,606
▸IMSA WeatherTechTurner Motorsport100000P28−22
2020â–¸IndyCar1412000P3+6636,301
▸IMSA WeatherTechBMW Team RLL300000P9−390
2019â–¸IndyCar1722000P9+1576,063
â–¸IMSA WeatherTechBMW Team RLL312000P11+73
2018â–¸Indy NXTHarding Steinbrenner Racing17413030P2+4105,670
▸IndyCar100000P22↑386−83
2017â–¸Indy NXTHarding Steinbrenner Racing1627070P3+1245,319
2016â–¸GB3Carlin513010P12+794,950
2015▸British F4Carlin29412030P3↑1,385+8504,979
2014▸SKUSA SuperNationals100000—+264,093
2013▸SKUSA SuperNationals100000—+642,639
2012▸SKUSA SuperNationals100000—+1,2252,575
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Herta finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇲🇽 Pato O'WardFIA Gold7,024127567144%
🇳🇿 Scott DixonFIA Platinum6,377125467937%
🇺🇸 Josef NewgardenFIA Platinum6,478118546446%
🇺🇸 Graham RahalFIA Gold5,727117734462%
🇺🇸 Will PowerFIA Platinum6,277116566048%
🇬🇧 Alexander RossiFIA Platinum5,775116575949%
🇸🇪 Marcus EricssonFIA Platinum5,967115694660%
🇯🇵 Felix RosenqvistFIA Gold6,541114674759%
🇯🇵 Alex PalouFIA Platinum7,659102346833%
🇳🇱 Rinus VeeKayFIA Gold6,32998663267%
🇬🇧 Lando NorrisFIA Platinum, 4× champion8,77527141352%
🇩🇰 Christian LundgaardFIA Gold6,85370383254%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
590🇦🇺 Chaz MostertSupercars Championship5,520
591🇺🇸 Ed ElisianFormula 15,520
592🇧🇷 Iori KimuraSuper GT5,520
593🇺🇸 Connor ZilischNASCAR Cup Series5,519
594🇯🇵 Kazuya OshimaSuper GT5,519
595🇯🇵 Rikuto KobayashiSuper GT5,516
596🇯🇵 Satoru NakajimaFormula 15,515
597🇸🇪 Johan KristofferssonNürburgring 24 Hours5,514
598🇮🇹 Corrado FabiInternational Formula 30005,512
599🇭🇰 Ho-Pin Tung24H Series5,511
600🇺🇸 Colton HertaFormula 25,510
601🇬🇧 Lance MacklinFormula 15,510
602🇲🇽 Adrián Fernández GonzálezNASCAR Xfinity5,509
603🇪🇸 Dani ClosGP2 Series5,509
604🇮🇹 Thomas BiagiFIA GT Championship5,509
605🇮🇹 Alessandro Pier GuidiWEC5,507
606🇬🇧 Brian NaylorFormula 15,506
607🇯🇵 Yuto NomuraSuper GT5,506
608🇯🇵 Hiroaki IshiuraSuper GT5,505
609🇺🇸 Greg BiffleARCA Menards West5,504
610🇧🇷 Raul BoeselIndyCar5,504
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Colton Herta is a racing driver from United States who competes in Formula 2 for Hitech. Herta has recorded 23 wins and 60 podiums from 220 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,510 ranks Herta 600th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
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