赫塔成功通过最后F1超级执照障碍
科尔顿·赫塔在巴西大奖赛周五练习赛中，凭借无罚分的出色表现，成功通过了获得F1超级执照的最后障碍。
科尔顿·赫塔凭借无罚分的出色表现，成功通过了获得F1超级执照的最后障碍。
赫塔取代了佩雷斯参加在伊纳莫斯举行的FP1练习赛，他和凯迪拉克车队都在寻求获得赫塔获得超级执照所需的最后一点积分。
赫塔有望在下赛季为车队参赛，即使2027年来得过早，现在获得超级执照也将使他在未来几年保持作为备选车手的可能性更大。
一名车手在首次申请超级执照时需要积累40个超级执照积分。凯迪拉克车队认为在墨西哥FP1练习赛一周前，这一目标已经实现，但赫塔在之前的一次IndyCar赛事结果出现混淆后，仍然缺少一个积分。
他立即回到车内，为巴西队锁定了胜利，只要他完成了100公里并且在这个环节中没有获得任何罚分。
赫塔在FP1早期出现的红旗可能会显著缩短赛程，以至于他完成的圈数不足以计入成绩——而且当赫塔在红旗亮起后经过维修区入口时，也引起了一阵短暂的恐慌。
没有采取任何行动，因为很明显红灯面板亮得太晚，他无法做出反应并进入维修区。
凯迪拉克的马克·海因斯在周五晚上表示，车队想要非常清楚100公里的限制是来自总里程还是仅来自计时圈数，但无论如何，赫塔都是安全的。
赛车理解国际汽联对他FP1的表现感到满意，因此超级驾照积分将被获得，他的资格将在适当的时候得到确认。
赫塔在FP1中完成了完整的计划，但在切换到软胎之前，由于一些锁死现象，硬胎的早期圈速受到了影响，这导致他的最佳圈速比瓦尔特里·博塔斯慢了0.904秒，比目标凯迪拉克设定的圈速慢了0.275秒。
赫塔原计划在当天结束时与媒体交谈，但后来因为凯迪拉克说他感觉不舒服，所以退出了这些活动。
然而，当海恩斯发言时，他说赫塔在F1的工作中取得了良好的进展，与此同时，他在令人失望的F2赛季中排名仅第19位。
“来到欧洲追逐F1梦想是一大步，我非常钦佩这一点，”海恩斯说。
“F2很困难。你面对的是那些从卡丁车起家、在同一级别中脱颖而出的车手，他们熟悉所有赛道——在F2的练习赛中你几乎得不到什么里程，他们对轮胎非常了解，驾驶风格也固定了。所以进入那个环境是很艰难的。”
“FP1是一个很好的机会来积累一些里程，而且他每次都变得更好。你不会像第一次那样紧张，现在他在那里看起来非常自信。”
英文原文
Colton Herta has cleared the final hurdles to qualifying for a Formula 1 superlicence with his penalty-free and productive Friday practice outing for Cadillac at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
Herta replaced Sergio Perez in FP1 at Interlagos, where he and Cadillac were seeking to seal the final point needed for Herta to be eligible for a superlicence.
He is a contender to race for the team next season but even if 2027 comes too soon getting a superlicence now would also make it much easier for Herta to remain an option in the years that follow, too.
A driver needs to accrue 40 superlicence points when applying for the first time. Cadillac thought this had already been achieved after his Mexico FP1 appearance a week ago, but Herta was still one short after a mix-up over a previous IndyCar result.
He was immediately back in the car for Brazil to seal the deal, though, so long as he completed 100km and did not get any penalty points on his licence in the session.
Herta could have been tripped up on either count. The red flag that emerged early in FP1 could have shortened running significantly enough that he did not do enough laps for it to count – and it also caused a brief scare when Herta went past the pit entry after the session had been red-flagged.
No action was taken as it was clear the red light panels came on too late for him to react and get into the pitlane.
Cadillac’s Marc Hynes said on Friday evening that the team wanted to be absolutely clear whether the 100km limit comes from total mileage or only mileage from timed laps, but either way Herta would be safe.
The Race understands the FIA is satisfied with what he did in FP1 so the superlicence point will be earned and his eligibility will be confirmed in due course.
Herta ran a full programme in FP1 with early laps on hard tyres hampered by some lock-ups before a switch to softs, which yielded a best lap 0.904s slower than Valtteri Bottas over one lap and 0.275s slower than the target Cadillac set him.
Herta was due to speak to media at the end of the day but withdrew from those activities as Cadillac said he was feeling unwell.
When Hynes spoke, though, he said Herta was making good progress with his F1 work dovetailed alongside a disappointing Formula 2 campaign in which he is only 19th in the standings.
"It was a huge step to come to Europe chasing the F1 dream, and I hugely admire that," Hynes said.
"F2 is difficult. You’ve got the guys that have come through in the same peer set from karting, they know all the tracks – you get very little mileage in F2 practice, they know the tyre very well, and the driving style is baked in. So to come into that is tough.
"FP1 is a good opportunity to get some mileage, and he’s got better every time. The nerves aren’t there that you have for the first one, and he’s really looking assured out there now."
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