Brown: Herta case shows F1 superlicence system needs review

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Brown: Herta case shows F1 superlicence system needs review
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🗣️'I question whether just because those are the rules that are in place now that those are the correct rules.' Do you agree with comments made by Zak Brown that Colton Herta's problems getting an F1 superlicence should prompt a review of the rules?

that a winner of seven IndyCar races couldn't get a licence and that it was a missed opportunity to get a talented American driver into F1.

Both the IndyCar and F2 champion get the required 40 points for a superlicence, but from second place down IndyCar is valued less than F1's main feeder series despite its stronger pedigree. "If someone like Colton who’s won a lot of IndyCar races isn’t eligible for a superlicence then I think we need to review the superlicence system."

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