{"id":390021,"date":"2026-01-05T18:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/390021\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T18:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:01:08","slug":"zhou-guanyu-swaps-ferrari-for-f1-debutants-cadillac-as-reserve-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/390021\/","title":{"rendered":"Zhou Guanyu swaps Ferrari for F1 debutants Cadillac as reserve driver"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu has joined the new Cadillac Formula 1 team as reserve driver.<\/p>\n

Zhou will act as support for Valtteri Bottas<\/a> and Sergio P\u00e9rez<\/a>, who are both returning from a year out to race for the American team, and will be first in line should either be unable to race at an event.<\/p>\n

Zhou had spent last year as reserve driver for Ferrari after three seasons as Bottas’ teammate at the Alfa Romeo\/Sauber team.<\/p>\n

Team boss Graeme Lowdon, Zhou’s long-time manager, said: “We wanted a candidate who had recent F1 driving experience, is prepared to work hard as part of a team and understands the challenges of developing a car throughout the season. Zhou fits the bill perfectly. He will be a great asset to us as we go racing in 2026.”<\/p>\n

Zhou Guanyu has moved from Ferrari to 2026 debutants Cadillac as reserve driver.\u00a0Clive Rose\/Getty ImagesEditor’s Picks<\/p>\n

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Cadillac also have American driver Colton Herta<\/a> on its books on a development deal. The former IndyCar race winner is taking the unorthodox step of racing in F1 feeder series Formula 2 this year as part of his push for a step up to the world championship in future.<\/p>\n

Cadillac owners General Motors have already committed to racing with their own American-made engines by 2029.<\/p>\n

In the mean time, Cadillac has a deal to race with Ferrari until their own engine project is ready.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu has joined the new Cadillac Formula 1 team as reserve driver. Zhou will act…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-390021","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}