F2总监：赫塔可能低估了F1和IndyCar之间的差距
F2首席执行官布鲁诺·米歇尔表示，26岁的赫塔在从IndyCar转向F2的过程中遇到了比预期更大的困难，但他希望赫塔能够反弹。
F2总监：赫塔可能低估了F1和IndyCar之间的差距
布鲁诺·米歇尔建议，赫塔在转向F2的过程中遇到了比他预期的更大的困难，但他希望这位美国车手能够反弹。
F2首席执行官布鲁诺·米歇尔表示，赫塔可能低估了F1的二级系列和IndyCar之间的差距，这位26岁的车手的勇敢职业转变至今尚未成功。
赫塔在美国顶级单座赛车系列中一直是领跑者，但决定在2026年回到欧洲——在2015年和2016年参加了跨大西洋的青训车队比赛——以追求他的F1梦想。
在凯迪拉克的F1新车队中获得了测试和开发角色后，赫塔被分配了掌握F2的任务，以便为可能的世界锦标赛晋升做准备。
然而，他在F1的二级系列赛中的首个赛季结果远低于预期。这位加利福尼亚人目前在车手积分榜上排名第19，而且他在整个赛季中的表现水平实际上有所下降——这让他感到困惑——几起事故加剧了他的问题。
“这比我想的要困难得多，因为科尔顿是一个非常强的车手，这一点毫无疑问，”米歇尔评论道。
“他和我们可能低估了我们与IndyCar车队相比的工作环境差异，但我不认为这必须成为一个例子，我真心希望他能够以高水平结束本赛季。我们仍然在为此希望。”
法国人指出，F2复杂的周末赛制，仅有45分钟的自由练习和30分钟的排位赛，可能是赫塔表现不佳的原因之一。
他也有一些不错的比赛，但在排位赛中遇到了更多困难，也许这也是我们遇到的限制之一，因为在30分钟内你需要找到正确的时机[进行你的跑圈]，你只有两次在轮胎上的飞驰圈数，而你在这段有限的时间内几乎没有赛道时间，”米歇尔说。
这也是我们为F1培养车手的方式，因为你知道在F1中你也有有限的赛道时间。
所以，他可能为此而挣扎，并且比他预期的承受了更多的痛苦。现在我真的希望，真诚地希望，他能够以高姿态结束本赛季——他应得的。
赫塔本人对自己的赛季剩余比赛感到不确定，因为卡塔尔和阿布扎比的比赛因伊朗战争而受到威胁，然而米歇尔重申这些赛事“不会取消”。
至于赫塔的未来，Hitech车手明确表示他对第二个F2赛季“没有兴趣”，但他不会排除这种情况，如果凯迪拉克希望他为车队效力。
英文原文
Colton Herta “maybe underestimated the difference” from IndyCar – F2 boss
Bruno Michel suggests Colton Herta struggled “more than what he expected” on his switch to F2 but hopes the American can bounce back
Formula 2 CEO Bruno Michel says Colton Herta “maybe underestimated the difference” between Formula 1’s feeder series and IndyCar, with the 26-year-old’s bold career move so far unsuccessful.
Herta was a frontrunner in America’s premier single-seater series for seven years but decided to move back to Europe in 2026 – having competed in junior formulae across the pond in 2015 and 2016 – in order to chase his F1 dream.
Having landed a test and development role with Cadillac’s nascent F1 team, Herta was tasked with mastering F2 in order to prepare for a potential graduation to the world championship.
However, his maiden season in F1’s feeder series has ended up well below expectations. The Californian lies 19th in the drivers’ standings, and his performance level has actually worsened throughout the year – which he has been at a loss to explain – with several crashes compounding his issues.
“It's been more difficult than what I thought it was going to be, because Colton is a very strong driver, there's no doubt about that,” Michel commented.
“He and we maybe underestimated the difference of working environment that we had compared to IndyCar teams, but I don't think it has to be settled as an example, and I really hope that he's going to finish the season in a high. We're still hoping for that.”
The Frenchman pointed to F2’s tricky weekend format, with just a 45-minute free practice session and a 30-minute qualifying round ahead of the two races, as a potential cause for Herta’s struggle.
“He had some good races as well, he had more difficulties in quali, and maybe also that's one of the limits that we were having, because in 30 minutes you come up with the right timing [for your runs], you have two flying laps on sets of tyres on which you have very limited track time,” Michel said.
“That's also the way we prepare drivers for Formula 1, because you know in Formula 1 that you have limited track time as well.
“So, probably he struggled for that and he suffered from that a bit more than what he expected. Now I really hope, sincerely, that he's going to finish the season on a high – he deserves it.”
Herta himself was unsure he was going to get any more races to finish the season given the Qatar and Abu Dhabi rounds are known to be at threat due to the Iran war, however Michel reaffirmed these events “will not be cancelled”.
As for Herta’s future, the Hitech driver made it clear that he had “no interest” in a sophomore F2 season, but he won’t rule it out in case that’s what Cadillac wants for him.
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