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McLaren boss Zak Brown believes the FIA should review the super licence points system after Colton Herta failed to secure enough points to make a switch to F1 . The American was in talks with Red Bull to join the sister AlphaTauri team in 2023, but a major stumbling block proved to be getting enough superlicence points as he only has 32 points, with 40 the required standard. Herta has competed full-time in IndyCar since 2019 and contested in the Indy 500 the same number of times. By comparison, 2023 Williams driver Logan Sargeant has earned over 40 points through competing in the F3 and F2 feeder series. Brown says that the rules surrounding the superlicence should be looked at for the future, as he believes Herta is "definitely capable of being in F1." "I think the superlicense really just around IndyCar needs to be reviewed, I think it should just be the same as Formula 2," Brown said to media, including TheFOXposts.Com . "It's a shame C...

Prior to each Formula 1 season, all teams and drivers have to pay entry fees. The final standings of the season are used for this purpose: teams and drivers pay a standard amount, plus an amount per World Championship point scored. The entry fee for each F1 team was recently revealed, with Red Bull – as the 2022 Constructors' Champions – facing the highest bill prior to next season. Among drivers, then, it comes as no surprise that Max Verstappen pays the heftiest price. TheFOXposts.Com has learned that, for the upcoming 2023 Formula 1 season, the drivers will have to pay a base fee of 10,400 euros, plus 2,100 euros per point scored in the past season. Verstappen set record after record last year, including the most points scored by a single driver in a single season, having amassed 454 of them. In doing so, he automatically gains a new record. The Dutchman has the most expensive super licence ever: prior to the next F1 season, Verstappen has to pay 454 x 2,100 + 10...

Logan Sargeant admits that the pressure was "high" in his final Formula 2 weekend as he battled to secure enough super licence points to make his F1 debut. The intention for Williams to put the American into their car for 2023 was first signalled by former team boss Jost Capito in October. However, this was on the condition that Sargeant would score the required amount of super licence points before the end of his F2 season in order to be able to com Pet e in the top category. This meant that Sargeant had to finish no lower than sixth in the Drivers' standings after the final Formula 2 weekend in Abu Dhabi. Sargeant: The pressure was high As it was, Sargeant placed high enough in the Sprint race and Feature race to secure fourth in the standings, meaning that he had earned enough super licence points to join Williams on the Formula 1 grid in 2023. The 21-year-...