McLaren's Zak Brown has called for F1 superlicence points rules to be reviewed, saying the likes of Kimi Raikkonen and Max Verstappen wouldn't have been eligible for one had the system been in place when they made their debuts.
But with Herta on just 32 superlicence points out of the 40 needed to be allowed to race in F1, that avenue appears to have closed as the FIA announced it wouldn't make any exceptions for the American.
That prompted angry comments from Red Bull's Helmut Marko, who said it was"incomprehensible" 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. McLaren's Brown, who has an agreement with Herta on an F1 testing programme but would have been willing to release him toBoth the IndyCar and FIA Formula 2 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.
"I think the whole licensing system needs to be reviewed," he told select media at Laguna Seca's IndyCar finale."I get that the rules are what the rules are and that rules shouldn’t be broken, but I question whether just because those are the rules that are in place now that those are the correct rules."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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