Colton Herta has reacted to his pole position at the Detroit GP, revealing his relief at securing the P1 slot.
Andretti and Herta have endured a challenging IndyCar season in 2025. Both have underachieved despite inherent speed.
This changed dramatically at the Detroit GP, where the American secured a stunning pole position. His dying seconds lap was enough to dethrone David Malukas in dramatic style.
Speaking in the post-qualifying press conference, Herta confirmed that the result came as a relief after a challenging Indy 500. He also outlined the bad luck he has suffered over the course of the season.
“Ultimately we have been really strong on Saturdays and we have not on Sundays. I think that’s the goal of this team. We need to put together Sunday.
“I think it’s been frustrating for everybody just to have so much pace and have no results. I think our best finish is a fourth, which I think we should have the ability to have some wins this year.
“We have a good chance right now. I think this is a place that promotes pretty good passing as far as street courses go and crazy strategy, and we’ve seen the past two years with a lot of yellows.
“So anything can happen. But I think we’re really just focused on doing the right things for ourselves, and if we get screwed some way or another, that’s the way it’s going to go. But we’ve just got to put together a good Sunday from what we can do.
Q. Do you view the execution on Sundays more as
self-inflicted, or is it strategies just gone wrong?
Questioned more about Sunday performance, Herta hinted at where the team could improve moving forward.
” I think we can all do a little bit better, and I think we’ve been taking it really seriously in our post-event stuff, too. Not make the same mistakes twice, which I don’t think we have. But either way, I think it’s something that we all want to do better with.“
Avoiding Detroit GP mayhem critical for Colton Herta
Colton Herta also confirmed that even starting on pole position will not guarantee him safety from chaos that can ensue at the Detroit GP.
“It’s great, but we’ve seen these races with a whole bunch of yellows that just turn strategy upside down.
“So we really need to be on top of every scenario that’s going to happen and really understand that tonight.
“There’s 15 cautions in the last two years, so maybe that’s a little bit less with the hybrid from what we’ve seen this year, but maybe not, and that could definitely be a killer of races.
“You could get trapped in some yellows. So we just need to understand the best way to go about
that and protect ourselves.”
