The new Cadillac F1 team held a shakedown of its F1 2026 car at Silverstone on Friday.<\/p>\n
Cadillac is preparing for its first season in F1 2026, with the General Motors brand becoming the first new team to enter Formula 1 since fellow US outfit Haas in 2016.<\/p>\n
Cadillac holds F1 2026 shakedown at Silverstone<\/p>\n
Want more PlanetF1.com coverage? Add us as a preferred source on Google<\/a> to your favourites list for news you can trust<\/p>\n The team, which signed Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas as its first-ever F1 driver lineup last August, will compete with customer Ferrari engines to begin with while its own power unit remains in development.<\/p>\n The new-look Audi squad became the first team to take to the track<\/a> with its 2026 car in Barcelona last week.<\/p>\n And it has emerged that Cadillac has become the latest team to carry out a shakedown of its new car, with a private test held at Silverstone today.<\/p>\n Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez return with Cadillac in F1 2026 season<\/p>\n F1 driver contracts: What is the contract status of every driver on the F1 2026 grid?<\/a><\/p>\n A five-step guide to being the ideal F1 wingman: Lessons from Perez, Bottas, more<\/a><\/p>\n Zhou Guanyu, the team\u2019s newly signed reserve driver, confirmed the outing with a short clip on Cadillac\u2019s social media channels.<\/p>\n Zhou said: \u201cWe are here in Silverstone for the new season shakedown together with Cadillac F1 Team. Excitement.<\/p>\n \u201cShakedown is all about making sure the car is running and all the engineers are ticking all the boxes with the gearbox, engine, and also the setup work.<\/p>\n \u201cFor the driver, it\u2019s all about are we happy, comfortable [with] the seat, the new seat, steering wheel, all the feedback and communication.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, looking forward to it and then more excitement for the season when it\u2019s all starting.\u201d<\/p>\n Cadillac posted footage of the car heading down the pit straight a short time later, making the on-track debut for a Cadillac Formula 1 car.<\/p>\n The clip was accompanied by the caption: \u201cThe first lap of something bigger.\u201d<\/p>\n The team previously held a private test at Imola last November with Perez behind the wheel of a black-liveried 2023 Ferrari.<\/p>\n Cadillac revealed its F1 2026 testing livery<\/a> earlier this week, with the team\u2019s race livery set to be unveiled in an advert during the Super Bowl on February 8.<\/p>\n Want to be the first to know exclusive information from the F1 paddock? Join our broadcast channel on WhatsApp<\/a> to get the scoop on the latest developments from our team of accredited journalists.<\/p>\n You can also subscribe to the PlanetF1 YouTube channel<\/a> for exclusive features, hear from our paddock journalists with stories from the heart of Formula 1 and much more!<\/p>\n