McLaren Racing boss Zak Brown wants Formula 1 to change its driver qualification system to make it easier for drivers from the Indy 500.
Red Bull couldn't sign Herta because he didn't have enough points under the super-licence system.
Brown said that the super-licence should be reviewed and that the qualification system should be similar to that of Formula 2.
McLaren gave Herta a test this year as they have done with Alex Palou and Pato O'Ward.
Brown added that all three of them were capable of being F1 drivers.
If you finish in the top 10, you don't have to worry about the 40 points you need for a super-licence.
The top three positions in the championship get 40 points. There is a scale for lower positions. All places in F2 make more money than the same position in Indy.
Herta couldn't get a super-licence because of the disparity.
Red Bull had wanted the 22-year-old, who is a seven-time winner in IndyCar and regarded as one of its most talented competitors, to fill the place left by Pierre Gasly's move to Alpine
Nick de Vries is a former F2 and Formula E champion.
Brown was hoping that the points system would be changed.
According to Brown, Mohammed is prepared to challenge rules that are in place and fix them.
He's playing it by the rules, which is the right thing to do, because he's not going to bend the rules. Even if we don't like the rules.
"So what he's prepared to do is say, 'Maybe that's not a good rule.' The rule should be reviewed and changed.
Daniel Ricciardo was dropped by McLaren a year before his contract ended due to under performance.
Brown believed that the 21-year-old Australian would be a good foil for Lando.
Lando is one of the fastest drivers on the grid and I expect him to be close to Oscar.
I think Oscar will have a chance to beat him. Two drivers are next to each other and they reverse the order.
"Piastri needs to do this by this date, I don't have any expectations." Lando is as fast as anyone in Formula 1 and he would win races. Everyone would likely agree with that.
One of the fastest drivers in the world will be on Oscar's team. Oscar is expected to challenge Lando in the future.
After winning the F2 title in 2021, he joined McLaren as Alpine reserve driver.
McLaren and Alpine were involved in a dispute over his future in the summer, and F1's Contract Recognition Board declared in McLaren's favor.
Alpine wanted to loan Fernando Alonso to Williams for two years. They didn't want to offer Alonso a two-year deal because they didn't think he had any other options.
Alpine's tactics didn't work out. Alonso left to join another team. Alpine tried to play hardball with Alonso, but they were not committed enough to sign for a team who they thought wanted them more.
Otmar Szafnauer, principal of the Alpine team, said that he was disloyal after the team gave him support.
He conducted himself well over the summer. Otmar's comments about Oscar were not correct. I now know what happened after sitting through the CRB.
It was unfair for Otmar to call his integrity into question.
iastri was very mature through the entire process The 21-year-old kept his head down and was not stressed out.
He's been in our car. He did a great job and I think he will be a future star.
The fact that teams only get three days of pre-season testing split between their two drivers should be taken into account by observers.
He's not going to race for a year. I wish we had more pre-season testing. It's not just for Oscar, it's also in general.
He'll get a day and a half. It's not much. He's going to push Lando. He needs to grow into the team.
The policing of the first year of F1's budget cap will be reviewed, according to the president of the Federation Internationale de l'Atelier.
Red Bull was fined $7 million and deducted 10% of their aerodynamic research allowance for a year after being found guilty of exceeding the cap.
Brown wants to see a relaxing of the technical regulations as a result of the budget cap.
If teams' spending is limited by a mandated cost ceiling, then the rules don't need to be so strict, he says.
Brown doesn't understand why the regulations have to be so tight.
There should be more technical freedom if you have a cost cap.
Cars will look even more different after that.
"If you've got the cap kind, you've got two governors, 'everything has to look exactly like that and you can't spend more than that'" If you want to do what you want with the cars, stop the policing with the spending.
He said that innovation in F1 was at risk.
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