Will Power has quietly put together one of the best season starts of his career, and although he's the only Team Penske driver without a win through five races this season, he's yet to finish lower than fourth and moved into the Ind圜ar points lead over the weekend.

The field this year is as competitive as ever and headlined by defending Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves, who will seek a record fifth victory. He qualified second, started on the front row and led 13 laps before strategy backfired and he faded to a disappointing 16th-place finish. Herta was spectacular at Indy in the rain on Saturday and the in-car camera angles of the 22-year-old Californian manhandling his steering wheel - and saving a slide on the wet track from a disastrous spin - were breathtaking.īut the 500 is an entirely different beast, which Herta learned firsthand last year with a strong leadup to race day. As Herta tries to leapfrog Dalton Sargeant (a Floridian competing in F2) and Jak Crawford (a Charlotte native competing in F3) as F1's next American, he can use the Indy 500 to attract the sponsorship that could get him into the global series sooner rather than later.Īlexander Rossi, Herta's current teammate at Andretti, was the last American driver to start an F1 race in 2015.

F1 has gained massive traction in North America and American companies have been lining up to join the action. Now he's the star driver at Andretti Autosport seeking a career-changing Indy 500 victory. His path stalled and he returned to the United States ahead of the 2017 season. Herta chased his F1 dreams early in his career when he moved to England alone as a teenager and tried to work his way through the ladder system. Hopefully we can reap some of the benefits of that, turn that into some speed and everyone is going to be working that much harder to be back (in victory lane) in two week's time.' Now Herta the star driver at Andretti Autosport 'For the team and for me to be on a high note going into the month of May, it feels great. 'It's nice for momentum,' Herta said after his seventh career victory. Indianapolis Motor Speedway opens Tuesday for practice and the buildup to 'The Greatest Spectacle in Racing' on May 29. Now it's time for the main event, the Indianapolis 500, a race that really could fast-track Herta's hopes of landing an F1 seat. Colton Herta wins wet GMR Grand Prix at Indy

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