Cadillac Confirms Driver Lineup for the 2026 Formula 1 Season
The new Cadillac team, which will join Formula 1 in 2026 as the eleventh team, has defined its driver lineup. According to sources close to the matter, Sergio Pérez and Valtteri Bottas will be in charge of driving the team’s single-seaters.
The team, led by former Manor team principal Graeme Lowden, identified both drivers as primary targets from the start of the process.
The official announcement is expected to be made before the Dutch Grand Prix, which will be held on Sunday.
Both Pérez and Bottas have had a distinguished career in Formula 1, with a total of 16 victories between them.Sergio Pérez and Valtteri Bottas will join Cadillac next year.Pérez, after leaving Red Bull at the end of 2024, and Bottas, who was replaced at Sauber, will bring vast experience to the team. Both drivers have the background of having competed in two of the most successful teams in the recent history of F1.
Although Alpine tried to sign both drivers as possible replacements, the negotiations did not succeed.
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Cadillac considered other drivers, including Mick Schumacher, but Pérez and Bottas were always the most solid options. Daniel Ricciardo, for his part, was never under consideration.
General Motors, which obtained entry to F1 as the eleventh team last year, will compete under the Cadillac brand.
While the main base of the team will be located in a factory in the United Kingdom, near the Silverstone circuit, some operations will be carried out in Fishers, Indiana, and Warren, Michigan.
GM has also committed to building its own engine for the F1 team by the end of the decade, but in the meantime, it will use Ferrari engines.
Mario Andretti, a legend of American motorsports and 1978 F1 champion, is part of the team’s board of directors.
The team’s formation and its path to the first race of 2026, the Australian Grand Prix, will be the subject of a multi-part documentary series presented by actor Keanu Reeves.
