{"id":845499,"date":"2026-08-06T10:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T10:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/845499\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T10:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T10:48:10","slug":"formula-1-news-dutch-f1-pundits-disagree-on-cadillac-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/845499\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula 1 News: Dutch F1 pundits disagree on Cadillac approach"},"content":{"rendered":"

(GMM) Cadillac\u2019s decision to build its new Formula 1 project around experienced drivers Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez (pictured together) has divided former Dutch racers Renger van der Zande and Jan Lammers.<\/p>\n

Perez has performed strongly on his return and rates his own season close to 10 out of 10, although he has also questioned Cadillac\u2019s rate of development.<\/p>\n

Bottas, meanwhile, suffered the new team\u2019s latest fiery brake failure in Hungary and had to use a barrier to stop the car.<\/p>\n

\"\"77 Valtteri Bottas, (FIN), Cadillac Ferrari F1 Team, during the Belgian GP, Spa-Francorchamps 16-19 July 2026, Formula 1 World Championship 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese new front ducts were meant to address the problem and prevent it from happening, but there\u2019s clearly still not enough airflow to the brakes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had no choice but to hit the wall to stop the car.\u201d<\/p>\n

Van der Zande believes incidents like that prove Cadillac still needs experienced drivers.<\/p>\n

\"\"11 Sergio Perez, (MEX), Cadillac Ferrari F1 Team, during the Belgian GP, Spa-Francorchamps 16-19 July 2026, Formula 1 World Championship 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou just have to have a Bottas who doesn\u2019t start whining on the radio when the brakes don\u2019t work anymore, but simply brings the thing to a halt,\u201d he told Ziggo Sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe shows it, goes home and moves on to the next race.\u201d<\/p>\n

He thinks a younger driver such as Colton Herta should only be introduced once Cadillac<\/a> becomes competitive.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf speed comes out of that car at some point, then you put a Colton Herta or someone who is ready in it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former Formula 1 driver Lammers strongly disagrees, arguing that Bottas and Perez are already too established to supply the hunger a new team needs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re just way too seasoned and I don\u2019t really see the ambition anymore,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just a pension for them to supplement, very disrespectful.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou need the kind of guys who take the phone out of your hands at home and do what you\u2019ve been studying for three minutes within 30 seconds.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(GMM) Cadillac\u2019s decision to build its new Formula 1 project around experienced drivers Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":845500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-845499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845499","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=845499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/845500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}