Ugochukwu bombed in F3 pretty hard last year, he finished 16th in points, where Herta is in F2 right now. Changed to a better team this year, now might win the championship and everybody is on board again. The quality of the team seems to make a big difference even in these 'spec' junior series.
Herta is having a bad season, but his much more experienced teammate Miyata has only 8 more points then him. Hitech is just terrible this year, and is getting even worse as the season progresses. Herta and Miyata have only managed to finish in the top 10 in a race just 5 times each.
Herta was 1 second off his teammate in the last F1 FP1. Not good at all, that should be like half a second at most. But I don't know what strategy they had Herta on. But I think this is a better barometer then what's happening in F2. And if he's being given the same tires/fuel etc as the Cadillac drivers and he's finishing 1 second slower, that's the best indication he's not good enough for F1. But they might have him on a very conservative program just to rack up miles and get super license points. I believe I read somewhere that's what happened in Hungary
I hope Herta stays in F2 for another year and moves to a different, better team. I mean, Logan Logan Sargeant did better in F2 then Herta, and there's no way you can tell me he's a better driver then Herta. I'll admit there is the possibility Herta drove Indycars for pretty much his entire adult life and is struggling to adapt to something else. I just don't think he's being given a good chance to show what he can do at Hitech
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