Colton Herta pokes enjoyable at F2 transfer rumours amid stories of imminent announcement

Andretti IndyCar Series driver Colton Herta has poked enjoyable at current rumours linking him to a transfer to Formula 2 in 2026, with a video tricking followers into believing it was an announcement to substantiate the profession transfer.

The American driver has been on the centre of rumours for a while after earlier connections to the Red Bull and Sauber Formula 1 groups. The F1 hypothesis resurfaced when Andretti Global joined forces with General Motors in a bid to hitch the championship, which is about to come back to fruition with the Cadillac F1 crew’s debut in 2026.

Now, Herta has been rumoured to make a transfer from IndyCar to F2 subsequent 12 months with the intention of gaining sufficient superlicence factors to attain a seat in F1 sooner or later. Some stories have said that an announcement is anticipated imminently, however this has not been confirmed.

The 25-year-old driver initially declined to deal with the rumours. 

“Oh boy, I don’t really have any comments for any of that stuff, to be honest,” he informed the Associated Press.

When he was informed that his response would solely gasoline the hypothesis, he added with a smile, “It does, but it also makes people talk about me more. Maybe even raises my stock a little.”

In a brand new video posted on his social media, the American driver determined to have some enjoyable with the narrative surrounding him. 

“All right, so I know there’s been a lot of rumours about what I’m going to do next year,” he stated. “It has been a long decision for me, a hard decision, and I finally made that decision. And I appreciate everything that has happened and all of the fans’ support for me this season, but this is going to be an exciting…”

The video cuts to Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up.

The social media transfer, often called Rickrolling, went viral again in 2007. The meme started as a prank to trick individuals into clicking a disguised hyperlink, which might take them to the music video for Astley’s 1987 hit, and has since been utilized in comparable methods to Herta.

“You had my dad and I huddled around my phone in the parking lot at track just to get Rickrolled,” one fan commented. Another wrote, “You know what, if I’m still falling for Rickrolls in the big year of 2025 then that’s on me.”
 
Herta signed a four-year IndyCar contract extension with Andretti Global in late 2022, which might see him by to the tip of the 2027 season.