{"id":403685,"date":"2026-01-10T07:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T07:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/403685\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T07:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T07:13:07","slug":"cadillac-f1-racing-team-bottas-perez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/403685\/","title":{"rendered":"Cadillac \u2013 F1 Racing Team \u2013 Bottas, Perez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">One of the most famous US automotive names comes to Formula 1 for 2026, as the all-new Cadillac squad make their debut as the grid\u2019s 11th team. It\u2019s not just their name that\u2019s familiar \u2013 drivers Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas are among the most experienced in the paddock, boasting 16 GP wins and over 500 race starts between them. Team Principal Graeme Lowdon has F1 form too, with the former Marussia outfit. Engine supply comes from Ferrari, with Cadillac owners General Motors (GM) due to debut their own power unit from 2029.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Gain official go-ahead for 2026 entry and team launch logo and branding at a red-carpet event at the Miami Grand Prix. GM approved as F1 power unit supplier for 2029 and American IndyCar star Colton Herta signed as test driver. Debut race line-up of Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">2024<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Formula 1 and GM agree in principle for Cadillac to become the sport\u2019s 11th entry and ex-Marussia chief Graeme Lowdon is made Team Principal of the squad \u2013 a joint venture with TWG Motorsports. Ferrari confirm an engine and gearbox supply deal for 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the most famous US automotive names comes to Formula 1 for 2026, as the all-new Cadillac&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-403685","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}