The American has been heavily-linked with a switch to F1 for 2023 in place of Pierre Gasly, who is rumoured to be Alpine’s first choice to replace Fernando Alonso.

Despite not being a title contender in IndyCar this seaꦦson, Herta is widely-regarded as one of the most talented drivers in the series, and at just 22, fits the profile of driver AlphaTauri tend to sign.

Speaking after the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Dutch Grand Prix, Horner spoke openly about Herta.

“I think he’s an exciting talent,” he said after the race on Sunday. “He’s a young American, a guy that’s been a standout talent in the U.S. so it’ll be very interesting to see🌞 how he performs in Formula 1. 

“F1 obviously has got growing popularity in the U.S. market at the moment and to have a successful U.S. driver could be very interesting, could be interesting for us in the lon♌ger term. We’ve got contracts with our existing dr𒁃ivers. 

“AlphaTauri and Toro Rosso have produ✱ced a great stable of driver for us to draw upon whether it be Sebas🃏tian or Max or Daniel over the years.”

The signing of Herta comes down to two factors - 𝓰whether Gasly is signed by Alpine and if the FIA give him specia🌠l dispensation as doesn’t have the required amount of super licence points.

“Pierre is doing a good job within AlphaTauri so I don’t think there would be a desire to change if there was🔯n’t an interesting option available,” he added.”

“It’s an FIA issue. We just need clarity on ♎what is th⭕e situation regarding driver points which hopefully will come sooner rather than later. That plays a key role obviously in the driver merry-go-round.”

With Red Bull running out of impressive junior drivers in F2 - Jehan Daruvala, Liam Lawson and Juri Vips, part🦹icularly after they have underperformed in 2022 - it’s no surprise to see Helmut Marko look elsewhere.

If Herta impresses at AlphaTauri, 🐻we’ve seen with Sebastian Vettel, Da🅠niel Ricciardo, Daniil Kvyat, Pierre Gasly and Alex Albon that Red Bull is prepared to give their junior drivers an opportunity.

It would be great for F1 to have an Ame🧸rican 🍃driver in the sport once again and a great opportunity for Herta to potentially have a long career in the pinnacle of motorsport.