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Though only 18, Colton Herta showed his fellow senior IndyCar rivals the way on the first day of the series' Spring Training at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin.
The Harding Steinbrenner Racing driver - who is also the son of former IndyCar driver and team co-owner Brian Herta - lost no time getting down to business on Tuesday, topping both of the day's sessions.
The pre-season test at COTA provided some more insight into the massive performance gap that exists between IndyCar and Formula 1, although a relative compare between the two types of cars is of limited interest given the very different set of rules governing each series.
Herta's fastest lap of the day was 1m46.62s, a time that was approximately 14 seconds slower than the pole lap achieved by Lewis Hamilton at last October's US Grand Prix!
However, beyond the sheer performance and speed criteria, IndyCar's contenders certainly get our vote over F1 in terms of aesthetics!
