{"id":431187,"date":"2026-01-24T23:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T23:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/431187\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T23:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T23:29:09","slug":"new-cadillac-team-doubts-an-early-start-to-its-inaugural-2026-f1-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/431187\/","title":{"rendered":"New Cadillac team doubts an early start to its inaugural 2026 F1 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is still unclear when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-teams\/cadillac\" title=\"Cadillac\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cadillac<\/a> will officially begin the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/formula-1\" title=\"Formula 1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Formula 1<\/a> season. The American team is waiting to assess the weather forecast before deciding on its first test day in Barcelona, GPblog understands.It won\u2019t be an on-track debut for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-teams\/cadillac\" title=\"Cadillac\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cadillac<\/a>. The team of Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez already completed a shakedown at the Silverstone Circuit earlier this month. Perez completed his laps reportedly without any issues, much to the team\u2019s delight.In Barcelona, the next step will be taken in the development of the team&#8217;s first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1\" title=\"F1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1<\/a> car, and Bottas will also have the chance to complete his first laps. However, it\u2019s unclear on which day this will happen. Before a decision is made, the weather forecast is being closely monitored.<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/cadillac-f1-shakedown-silverstone.jpg@webp.webp\" class=\"w-auto h-auto\" alt=\"Cadillac F1 shakedown at Silverstone\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cadillac during the shakedown &#8211; Photo: Cadillac<\/p>\n<p>Red Bull on track Monday<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday is unlikely to be a suitable first day to run because of the rain expected in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>If <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-teams\/cadillac\" title=\"Cadillac\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cadillac<\/a> decides to begin on Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/features\/these-teams-will-hit-the-track-first-in-barcelona-secrecy-dominates-f1-testing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">it would do so alongside Alpine, Racing Bulls, and Red Bull Racing<\/a>.Among others, Max Verstappen\u2019s team has already indicated it will run on the opening day of the five-day test. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/exclusive-news\/this-is-when-verstappen-will-drive-the-red-bull-rb22-for-the-first-time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Dutchman himself will be in action then, GPblog reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McLaren and Ferrari definitely won\u2019t be there on the first day. These teams want to join no earlier than Tuesday. Whether that will be possible also depends on the weather too.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the latest episode of GPblog&#8217;s F1 Paddock Update here!Want to stay up-to-date with what happens in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/formula-1\" title=\"Formula 1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Formula 1<\/a> paddock? Then GPblog&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1\" title=\"F1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1<\/a> Paddock Update video is the perfect way to do it. Subscribe to GPblog&#8217;s YouTube channel and turn on notifications to never miss the latest episodes.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to follow us on Spotify as well!<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is still unclear when Cadillac will officially begin the new Formula 1 season. The American team is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,4228,48,578,28673,576,577,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-431187","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-cadillac","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-f1","12":"tag-f1-news","13":"tag-formula-1","14":"tag-formula1","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431187","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=431187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}