Formula 2 is always an entertaining series that gives you a glimpse at the F1 stars of tomorrow. This season, it'll get some extra attention stateside as ex-IndyCar driverColton Hertawill be competing in it.
The 25-year-old test driver for Cadillac is hoping to snag enough super license to one day jump into an F1 car. That is going to be easier said than done, and while Herta and Cadillac know this, it was a bit of a rough start to hisF2career.
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F2 serves as a support series toF1, so they're starting their season at Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne, Australia.
However, Herta's maiden free practice session ended early when he lost the rear of his car exiting a corner, sending it gearbox-first into the tire barrier.
As the great F2 commentator Alex Brundle noted in that clip, the concern wasn't so much the damage, but the fact that it cost Herta some valuable track time.
He's an incredibly experienced driver, especially at his age, but he's still trying to come to grips with a new car and doing it on new circuits.
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The next time Herta hopped in his No. 4 for Hitech Grand Prix, it was for qualifying.
F2 uses one 30-minute session to set its grid, and while Herta was off the pace of some of the frontrunners who have F2 experience under their belt, he managed to qualify P14 and just behind his teammate Ritomo Miyata, a hair over a second off the polesitter Dino Beganovic.
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