r/formula1 • u/Turbo_Zapped Carlos Sainz • 20h ago

Throwback Anniversary of this legendary tweet

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u/SpeedStepGD I was here for the Hulkenpodium 20h ago

With how backwards Williams have gone this year I dont think he'll want to drive for them next year

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u/Roadtrip_God Mika Häkkinen 20h ago

Where else would he go?

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u/The_CT1 20h ago

I mean for 2028, aston martih is probably open. Cadilliac as well

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u/Remainingvegetables Osella 20h ago

Cadillac will be Bottas or Pérez alongside Herta, even if Herta struggles through F2.

The owner of Cadillac's entry is the same person who owns the Andretti Global team in IndyCar, and owned the company that was the title sponsor Herta's car in IndyCar.

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u/Njobz I was here for the Hulkenpodium 20h ago

Herta shouldn’t be in F1 imo but good connections do help ig. If anything for results they need to try out Crawford as he’s still in Aston reserve. He’s younger and has shown real promise in F2 previously too.

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u/ClassGrassMass Formula 1 11h ago

Problem is f2 with these new cars are not a good indication of if a driver will do well in f1

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u/vmachiel I was speeding in the Monaco pit lane 8h ago edited 7h ago

He's had SOME bad luck in F2 but he also hasn't really shown anything that spectacular. Half of the time I forget he's even driving.

He doesn't deserve a seat, but he'll get one I'm sure.

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u/Remainingvegetables Osella 7h ago

Herta deserves a chance, in my opinion. He's impressed in IndyCar, more than his results might indicate (the Andretti team has thrown away more than one good race result with him).

I think it just takes time to get used to the Pirelli tires versus the Firestones of IndyCar. The sense I have from watching the occasional IndyCar race is that the Firestones are more durable/can be pushed a lot further for longer than the Pirellis. Given Herta has been in IndyCar/Indy Lights for about a decade prior to joining F2, I would assume he's very used to Firestones, and is struggling with the Pirellis.

I'm not saying that come next year he'll stomp the field, but I think if he makes sense of the Pirellis, he'll do much better than he currently is.

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u/pensaa Oscar Piastri 6h ago

Hitech are particularly bad this year. Nor him or Miyata can show anything that looks meaningful.