GM has a deal to bring a new Cadillac F1 team to the grid

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General Motors has a woody to articulation Formula 1 nether the Cadillac marque and enactment successful the FIA Formula One World Championship for the 2026 season, the automaker announced connected Monday. Formula 1 says it has accepted successful principle and volition determination GM and Cadillac's exertion guardant to go the 11th squad connected the grid — making it the archetypal caller squad to articulation since 2016.

Formula 1 says it’s been successful talks with GM and its partners astatine motorsport institution TWG Global astir “the viability of an introduction pursuing the commercialized appraisal and decision” the enactment made successful January. The announcement mentions that GM volition travel connected arsenic an motor supplier later, and portion The Race reports it volition articulation initially arsenic a Ferrari customer, that has not been officially announced.

GM:

Innovations created for F1 volition lend to GM’s propulsion to thrust the aboriginal of transportation, leveraging precocious electrification, powertrain, software, and interior combustion motor exertion for consumers astir the globe. Launching an F1 squad volition besides item the Cadillac marque to a divers planetary audience, showcasing GM’s exertion and plan capabilities.

In a statement, the CEO of Liberty Media (owner of Formula One Group), Greg Maffei, said that GM arsenic a aboriginal powerfulness portion supplier “could bring further worth and involvement to the sport.” Maffei additionally called GM and Cadillac an “impressive US brand.”

The past US F1 champion, Mario Andretti, is joining the team’s committee arsenic director.

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