Formula 1\u2019s newest team has made \u201csignificant\u201d progress over their first two races on the grid.<\/p>\n
Now they are setting their sights higher for this weekend\u2019s Japanese Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
Only Sergio P\u00e9rez was able to see the checkered flag at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, but both P\u00e9rez and teammate Valtteri Bottas completed the full race distance at the Chinese Grand Prix, a huge step forward for the sport\u2019s newest team.<\/p>\n
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In the team\u2019s media preview for the Japanese Grand Prix, CEO Dan Towriss hailed the \u201cprogress\u201d already being made by Cadillac.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat this team has achieved in just two races speaks volumes about the discipline, talent, and relentless work happening across Silverstone, Indianapolis, and Charlotte,\u201d said Towriss. \u201cWe believe our process will continue to accelerate progress as we look to build this team the right way. Now we head to Japan \u2014 one of the great stages in Formula 1 \u2014 and there\u2019s real excitement across the team to be there and take on this challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n
Team principal Graeme Lowdon noted that Cadillac has made \u201csignificant steps forward\u201d over just two races, and that the team is \u201cprogressing quickly\u201d as they adjust to life on the grid.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom Australia to China, we made significant steps forward in only a short amount of time,\u201d said Lowdon. \u201cWe are progressing quickly and every session we are learning more about ourselves as a team. Our performance improves every time we hit the track, thanks to continuing teamwork, operational refinements and, of course, our growing understanding of the car. All this contributes to improving reliability and then our ability to race other teams.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI am convinced we have a very special group of people here and I\u2019m looking forward to building on the strong foundation we established at the beginning of the season as we move to Suzuka this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n
Both drivers are hoping the team can keep pushing in Japan, given the progress made to date.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe team has been pushing hard over the first two races of the season, and we have already made clear progress. The Sprint weekend in China was another new challenge, but we handled it well and came away stronger,\u201d said P\u00e9rez. \u201cI\u2019m excited to continue pushing at Suzuka, a real drivers\u2019 circuit and one where I\u2019ve had podiums before. While the higher downforce configuration will make it a more difficult weekend for us, we\u2019ll approach it in the same way \u2014 focus on having trouble-free sessions, progress each time we hit the track and get to the end of the race.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI really enjoy Japan for many reasons, and I have great memories of my win in 2019. We aren\u2019t in that position at Cadillac yet, but the Chinese Grand Prix felt good,\u201d added Bottas. \u201cHaving both cars finish in only our second-ever race was really important for us. We have taken a lot of learnings from Shanghai and are in a stronger position heading to Suzuka.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Formula 1\u2019s newest team has made \u201csignificant\u201d progress over their first two races on the grid. Now they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[236296,64,63,16482,3550,258836,817,813,816,841,941,16406,647,277499,2072,85,1512],"class_list":["post-563263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-albert-park-grand-prix-circuit","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-grand-prix","tag-cadillac","tag-chinese-grand-prix","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-grand-prix","tag-japan","tag-japanese-grand-prix","tag-melbourne","tag-newest-team","tag-sergio-perez","tag-sports","tag-valtteri-bottas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563263","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=563263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}