{"id":943852,"date":"2026-10-28T10:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T10:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/943852\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T10:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T10:50:10","slug":"valtteri-bottas-admits-anything-can-happen-in-f1-amid-cadillac-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/943852\/","title":{"rendered":"Valtteri Bottas admits ‘anything can happen in F1’ amid Cadillac rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"

Valtteri Bottas<\/a> has admitted there are no guarantees in Formula 1 amid mounting rumours that Cadillac<\/a> could look to replace him in the team\u2019s driver line-up for F1 2027.<\/p>\n

Following a year on the sidelines, Bottas returned to F1 this season alongside Sergio Perez as Cadillac prioritised experience to navigate its maiden campaign in the series.<\/p>\n

Valtteri Bottas discusses Cadillac rumours<\/p>\n

But while the two have been well-matched over a single lap, Bottas trails Perez 11-4 in the head-to-head in races where both drivers have reached the chequered flag.<\/p>\n

That has raised questions about Bottas\u2019 place at the team even though the Finn, along with Perez, signed a multi-year deal.<\/p>\n

Cadillac team boss Marcin Budkowski was non-committal when asked in Austin how secure his driver pairing is.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the last place I would comment on driver contracts in general; I think it\u2019s not something that is done in the press,\u201d Budkowski stated last Friday in Austin. \u201cIt\u2019s something that will be done by official releases from the team when the time is right.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perez is expected to have done enough to retain his drive, leaving Bottas vulnerable to a potential change. Colton Herta, who has completed three FP1 outings with Cadillac this season in his role as the squad\u2019s test driver, is rumoured to be under consideration.<\/p>\n

Bottas dismissed the speculation<\/a> when initially questioned on the situation at the Circuit of the Americas, but 24 hours later post-race, having retired with a power unit problem, conceded that \u201canything can happen\u201d.<\/p>\n

More reaction to the US GP on PlanetF1.com<\/p>\n

Toto Wolff pinpoints Mercedes\u2019 upgrade headache despite Kimi Antonelli\u2019s Austin success<\/a><\/p>\n

Lando Norris sets record straight on McLaren disagreement claim<\/a><\/p>\n

Asked whether he had been given assurances about next season, Bottas told PlanetF1.com and other accredited media: \u201cYes, last year when I signed, I know the terms.\u201d<\/p>\n

He then added: \u201cI mean, it is Formula 1. You know, if cows could fly\u2026 anything can always happen in this sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut for now, they seem happy what they\u2019re getting out of me. So I think that\u2019s still all that matters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bottas admitted that the multitude of teething issues that Cadillac has encountered during its debut F1 campaign has had a bearing on his intra-team battle with Perez.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say it\u2019s impossible to get a read,\u201d he said. \u201cYou know, on a year like this with so many issues, and the problem is sometimes we don\u2019t quite understand them.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it\u2019s really still a steep learning curve to go, but at least today everything seemed to work okay, and that\u2019s why we had the same pace with Checo.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut there\u2019s been lots of things in the background that maybe not everyone sees, like the brake management demand of having to deal with that and all these things, but at the same time, like I said, sometimes there\u2019s been some issues that we are struggling in seeing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more: Toto Wolff explains George Russell\u2019s continued struggles at Mercedes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Valtteri Bottas has admitted there are no guarantees in Formula 1 amid mounting rumours that Cadillac could look…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":943853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,3550,817,813,816,818,44,85,66002,1512],"class_list":["post-943852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cadillac","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-home-page","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-united-states-grand-prix","tag-valtteri-bottas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943852","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=943852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/943853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=943852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=943852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=943852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}