{"id":27980,"date":"2025-08-25T05:17:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T09:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/perez-and-bottas-to-cadillac-in-f1-2026-star-signings\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T05:17:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T09:17:51","slug":"perez-and-bottas-to-cadillac-in-f1-2026-star-signings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/f1\/perez-and-bottas-to-cadillac-in-f1-2026-star-signings\/","title":{"rendered":"P\u00e9rez and Bottas to Cadillac in F1 2026: Star Signings"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Cadillac Confirms Star Drivers for its Formula 1 Debut<\/h2>\n\nThe new Cadillac team, which will join the Formula 1 grid in 2026, is ready to make its entrance with a lineup of experienced drivers. Sources close to the team have revealed that Sergio P\u00e9rez and Valtteri Bottas will be in charge of driving the single-seaters.\n\nCadillac, which will become the eleventh F1 team in 2026, has opted for two drivers with extensive experience in the premier category. The combination of P\u00e9rez and Bottas adds up to 16 race victories, promising a competitive duo from the start.\n\nThe official announcement of the lineup is expected to be made before the Dutch Grand Prix, which will be held on Sunday.\n\nThe team, led by Graeme Lowden, former director of the Manor team, identified both drivers as primary targets from the beginning of the process.\n\nIt is understood that Alpine tried to sign both drivers as possible replacements, but their offers were rejected.\n\nP\u00e9rez, who was without a team after his departure from Red Bull at the end of 2024, will seek to relaunch his career with Cadillac.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0630%2Fr1513179_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Sergio\u00a0P\u00e9rez and Valtteri Bottas are set to team up next year at Cadillac\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Sergio P\u00e9rez y Valtteri Bottas se unir\u00e1n en Cadillac el pr\u00f3ximo a\u00f1o. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nBottas, for his part, was replaced at Sauber after two years and has been this year at Mercedes as a reserve driver.\n\nBoth drivers will bring the experience of having been part of two of the most dominant F1 teams in recent times.\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"\/racing\/f1\/story\/_\/id\/46028941\/preseason-predictions-got-right-wrong-f1-2025\">Pre-season predictions: What we got right and wrong about F1 2025<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/racing\/f1\/story\/_\/id\/45965617\/state-silly-season-drive-where-f1-2026\">Silly season state: Who will drive where in F1 2026?<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nCadillac also considered other drivers, including Mick Schumacher, but sources indicate that P\u00e9rez and Bottas were always the strongest options.\n\nDaniel Ricciardo, winner of eight races, was never considered, as he has made it clear that he has no intention of racing again.\n\nGeneral Motors received approval to enter F1 as the eleventh team last year and chose to do so under the Cadillac brand.\n\nAlthough the main base will be in a factory in the United Kingdom, near the Silverstone circuit, part of the operation will also be carried out in Fishers, Indiana and Warren, Michigan.\n\nGM has 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.\n\nMario Andretti, American motorsports legend and 1978 F1 champion, is part of the board of directors.\n\nThe team&#8217;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 Reaves.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cadillac Confirms Star Drivers for its Formula 1 Debut The new Cadillac team, which will join the Formula 1 grid in 2026, is ready to make its entrance with a lineup of experienced drivers. Sources close to the team have revealed that Sergio P\u00e9rez and Valtteri Bottas will be in charge of driving the single-seaters. 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