{"id":10325,"date":"2025-06-12T06:43:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T10:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/bottas-eyes-cadillac-new-f1-challenge-the-driver-opens-the-door\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T06:43:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T10:43:44","slug":"bottas-eyes-cadillac-new-f1-challenge-the-driver-opens-the-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/f1\/bottas-eyes-cadillac-new-f1-challenge-the-driver-opens-the-door\/","title":{"rendered":"Bottas Eyes Cadillac: New F1 Challenge? The Driver Opens the Door"},"content":{"rendered":"The driver Valtteri Bottas has expressed his interest in joining Cadillac in the next Formula 1 season, describing the project as &#8220;interesting&#8221;.\n\nThe American team prepares to debut as the eleventh team on the F1 grid, and team principal Graeme Lowdon revealed that at least six drivers are on the list to fill the two available seats.\n\nSources indicate that Sergio P\u00e9rez is also being considered to join Cadillac.\n\nBottas, former teammate of Lewis Hamilton and now reserve driver for Mercedes, mentioned on the F1 podcast &#8220;Beyond the Grid&#8221; that he is not finished in F1 yet and that Cadillac is a viable option.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I don&#8217;t think they&#8217;re in a hurry.<\/p><cite>Valtteri Bottas<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nBottas also pointed out that the team has been focused on getting the car ready for next season.\n\nThe Finnish driver hopes to have clarity about his plans for next year in August.\n\nBottas believes that his experience, having competed for three different teams, including one with great success, puts him in a good position.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0604%2Fr1502385_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Valtteri Bottas has opened the door to a switch to Cadillac next season.\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Valtteri Bottas ha abierto la puerta a unirse a Cadillac la pr\u00f3xima temporada.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nBottas sees the Cadillac project as something new and different in F1, with an American perspective that could be very interesting.\n\nFor Bottas, being part of a team from scratch would allow him to have a great influence on the direction and success of the team, which would be very motivating.\n\nFurthermore, Bottas believes that the changes in the regulations are a good time to join, as they could lead to immediate success.\n\nBottas, winner of 10 races in F1 and a key piece in Mercedes&#8217; five consecutive constructors&#8217; titles between 2017 and 2021, was left without a seat this year after leaving Sauber.\n\nBottas says he still feels he&#8217;s not done with F1 and has much more to offer.\n\nFor him, competition is still the most important thing in his life and he misses running.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The driver Valtteri Bottas has expressed his interest in joining Cadillac in the next Formula 1 season, describing the project as &#8220;interesting&#8221;. The American team prepares to debut as the eleventh team on the F1 grid, and team principal Graeme Lowdon revealed that at least six drivers are on the list to fill the two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[3524,442,3962,3526],"class_list":{"0":"post-10325","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-cadillac","9":"tag-formula-1","10":"tag-pilots","11":"tag-valtteri-bottas"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}