Official: Cadillac enters Formula 1
Official: Cadillac enters Formula 1
I believe I speak for a lot of us when I say...
HELL YEAH!
Importantly, as an 11th team. Pretty exciting to see what they can do with the new regulations
Veeeery interesting how they went from "noooo 100% no they can fuck themselves" to "yes yes its okay" in some weeks. Suuuure thing it's only coincidence that the DOJ started the investigation and allegedly found the group chat of the team chefs.
Finally. It needed to happen.
ArsTechnica has a writeup on that drama. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/11/cadillac-f1-will-be-able-to-race-from-2026-despite-previous-snub/
More cars on the grid - great. More drivers, more competition.
Its good that there's a new team coming in. But the only thing I know about Cadillac's as a non-USAian is they are lolloping barges.
Cadillac also produces cars like this for IMSA (GTP class) & WEC (Hypercar class).
In addition to things like their competitive LMDh cars, they also have their V-Series performance road cars. The CT5-V Blackwing is the most well known.
To be fair, it's a GM team not technically a "Cadillac" team. GM has a long history in racing including multiple GT class wins at Le Mans.
P.S. HOT TAKE - GM makes the best "Drivers Cars" of act company over the last decade and I'll take that opinion to my grave lol
Finally.
Now imagine if they announce that Cadillac will use Viry engines for 2026 and 2027 😅
They’ll be using Ferrari engines for 26-27:
GM's decision to throw Cadillac's hat into the ring came with the caveat that its powertrain wouldn't be ready until 2028—two years after it actually wants to enter the sport. That means for 2026 and 2027, Cadillac F1 will use customer engines from another manufacturer, in this case Ferrari. From 2028, we can expect a GM-designed V6 hybrid under Cadillac F1's engine covers.
I've seen a few news outlets state this, but not found an official statement regarding their engine supplier.
