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\t\tIndianapolis 500, Formula 1\u00ae, NASCAR: GM is the only automaker racing in all three this Sunday<\/p>\n

2026-05-21<\/p>\n


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By: Chris Perkins, Senior Writer and Editor, GM News<\/p>\n

Forget grilling: motorsports fans know the weekend before Memorial Day is all about racing, with INDYCAR\u2019s 110th running of the Indianapolis 500, Formula 1\u00ae Lenovo Canadian Grand Prix, and NASCAR\u2019s Coca-Cola 600 all running in succession on the same day.<\/p>\n

This year, General Motors will be the only automaker competing in all three major racing events. At the Indianapolis 500, Chevrolet engines will power over half the field of 33 cars. The Cadillac Formula 1\u00ae Team will compete at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Montr\u00e9al in the Canadian Grand Prix for the first time. And at the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte, numerous NASCAR Cup Series drivers will try to drive their Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 race cars to victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe scale and the breadth of our footprint<\/a> will really be on display this weekend,\u201d says Eric Warren, Vice President of Global Motorsport Competition at GM. \u201cIt demonstrates our deep racing heritage. This isn\u2019t just a side activity: we\u2019re competing to win at the top levels of motorsports all at the same time. I really believe that\u2019s what makes GM unique.\u201d<\/p>\n

IMAGE CAPTION: Trackhouse Racing No. 1 driver Ross Chastain celebrates with his team and Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 after winning the 2025 Coca-Cola 600.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the first time GM has competed in multiple top-level racing events on the same weekend. Chevrolet has fielded simultaneous entries in the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 every year since 2012.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are plenty of weekends where we\u2019re racing in five or six key events all over the world,\u201d Warren says. \u201cPart of how we\u2019ve structured GM Motorsports is to manage the complexity of that. There are dedicated groups that are on-site supporting the teams directly, and groups back at the Charlotte Technical Center, Indianapolis, and Silverstone for F1\u00ae, that support with remote data analysis. It\u2019s like space launch mission control.\u201d<\/p>\n

Part of Warren\u2019s job is to identify opportunities big and small to improve GM\u2019s chance of winning in any competition. \u201cInevitably in racing, only one team wins,\u201d he says. \u201cWhen it’s not your team, you have to use it as a learning opportunity to find failure points and bring that back to the larger group.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also Warren\u2019s job to evaluate the strengths of each member of the organization and assign each team member a role that can benefit the whole. \u201cJust because a person might not be able to sit in a pit box and make strategy calls in the moment, doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re not instrumental, looking at time-series data and picking out patterns, for example,\u201d Warren says.<\/p>\n

IMAGE CAPTION: Chevrolet personnel with David Malukas (L) and Alexander Rossi (R) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.<\/p>\n

Throughout Memorial Day weekend, GM Motorsports engineers will be spread all over North America performing support roles for all three major races. Warren himself will visit the Canadian Grand Prix on Friday and Saturday, then fly to Indianapolis for the 500 on Sunday, and then zip back to Charlotte that same afternoon, hopefully in time to catch the end of the Coca-Cola 600.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople always say to me, \u2018it seems exciting, you must really enjoy it,\u2019\u201d Warren says. \u201cMy response is: It\u2019s not boring.\u201d GM doesn\u2019t race in these top-tier series for mere entertainment. There\u2019s a purpose to GM\u2019s long history of motorsport competition, and each top-tier series poses its own sets of challenges, Warren says.<\/p>\n

IMAGE CAPTION: Eric Warren at the Japanese Grand Prix<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe wholeheartedly that this is the best environment right now for an engineer to learn,\u201d he says. \u201cA lot of technology and knowledge are transferred from the racing world back to GM production cars. What motorsports offers is a tremendous amount of data that you get to evaluate in really short time cycles. It\u2019s a test every weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n

Within GM, racing and production-car engineers work together on things like aerodynamics, tire development, simulation, and correlation (comparing simulation data against real-world performance). Racing also gives GM opportunities to further develop its prowess with cloud computing and AI methods to solve engineering problems, Warren adds.<\/p>\n

In addition to NASCAR, INDYCAR, and F1\u00ae, GM has a presence in sports-car, off-road, and drag-racing series around the world. The vehicles, the racing venues, and the rules are all wildly different, and those diverse challenges all feed into a bigger dataset that helps GM engineers learn.<\/p>\n

IMAGE CAPTION: Valtteri Bottas in the Cadillac MAC-26 during the recent Japanese Grand Prix weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe exciting part about this weekend for me, and for GM as a whole, is the fact that we\u2019re demonstrating our scale, capability, and commitment,\u201d Warren says of the upcoming weekend. \u201cWe\u2019re doing that every day as we\u2019re creating new consumer products, and we feel strongly that as our fans see that we\u2019re able to be competitive in all these race series, they should have confidence that their vehicles have not just capability, but quality as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, tune in Sunday to watch GM compete and learn on the world stage. One thing is certain: it won\u2019t be boring.<\/p>\n

By: Chris Perkins, Senior Writer and Editor, GM News<\/p>\n

\"F1,<\/p>\n

Forget grilling: motorsports fans know the weekend before Memorial Day is all about racing, with INDYCAR\u2019s 110th running of the Indianapolis 500, Formula 1\u00ae Lenovo Canadian Grand Prix, and NASCAR\u2019s Coca-Cola 600 all running in succession on the same day.<\/p>\n

This year, General Motors will be the only automaker competing in all three major racing events. At the Indianapolis 500, Chevrolet engines will power over half the field of 33 cars. The Cadillac Formula 1\u00ae Team will compete at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Montr\u00e9al in the Canadian Grand Prix for the first time. At the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte, numerous NASCAR Cup Series drivers will be aiming their Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 race cars to victory lane.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe scale and the breadth of our footprint<\/a> will really be on display this weekend,\u201d says Eric Warren, Vice President of Global Motorsport Competition at GM. \u201cIt demonstrates our deep racing heritage. This isn\u2019t just a side activity: we\u2019re competing to win at the top levels of motorsports all at the same time. I really believe that\u2019s what makes GM unique.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Ross<\/p>\n

Trackhouse Racing No. 1 driver Ross Chastain celebrates with his team and Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 after winning the 2025 Coca-Cola 600.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the first time GM has competed in multiple top-level racing events on the same weekend. Chevrolet has fielded simultaneous entries in the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 every year since 2012.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are plenty of weekends where we\u2019re racing in five or six key events all over the world,\u201d Warren says. \u201cPart of how we\u2019ve structured GM Motorsports is to manage the complexity of that. There are dedicated groups that are on-site supporting the teams directly, and groups back at the Charlotte Technical Center, Indianapolis, and Silverstone for F1\u00ae, that support with remote data analysis. It\u2019s like space launch mission control.\u201d<\/p>\n

Part of Warren\u2019s job is to identify opportunities big and small to improve GM\u2019s chance of winning in any competition. \u201cInevitably in racing, only one team wins,\u201d he says. \u201cWhen it’s not your team, you have to use it as a learning opportunity to find failure points and bring that back to the larger group.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also Warren\u2019s job to evaluate the strengths of each member of the organization and assign each team member a role that can benefit the whole. \u201cJust because a person might not be able to sit in a pit box and make strategy calls in the moment, doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re not instrumental, looking at time-series data and picking out patterns, for example,\u201d Warren says.<\/p>\n

\"Team<\/p>\n

Chevrolet personnel with drivers David Malukas (L) and Alexander Rossi (R) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.<\/p>\n

Throughout Memorial Day weekend, GM Motorsports engineers will be spread all over North America performing key roles for all three major races. Warren himself will visit the Canadian Grand Prix on Friday and Saturday, then fly to Indianapolis for the 500 on Sunday, and then zip back to Charlotte that same afternoon, hopefully in time to catch the end of the Coca-Cola 600.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople always say to me, \u2018it seems exciting, you must really enjoy it,\u2019\u201d Warren says. \u201cMy response is: It\u2019s not boring.\u201d GM doesn\u2019t race in these top-tier series for mere entertainment. There\u2019s a purpose to GM\u2019s long history of motorsport competition, and each top-tier series poses its own sets of challenges, Warren says.<\/p>\n

\"Eric<\/p>\n

Eric Warren at the Japanese Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe wholeheartedly that this is the best environment right now for an engineer to learn,\u201d he says. \u201cA lot of technology and knowledge are transferred from the racing world back to GM production cars. What motorsports offers is a tremendous amount of data that you get to evaluate in really short time cycles. It\u2019s a test every weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n

Within GM, racing and production-car engineers work together on things like aerodynamics, tire development, simulation, and correlation (comparing simulation data against real-world performance). Racing also gives GM opportunities to further develop its prowess with cloud computing and AI methods to solve engineering problems<\/a>, Warren adds.<\/p>\n

In addition to NASCAR, INDYCAR, and F1\u00ae, GM has a presence in sports-car, off-road, and drag-racing series around the world. The vehicles, the racing venues, and the rules are all wildly different, and those diverse challenges all feed into a bigger dataset that helps GM engineers learn.<\/p>\n

\"Vatteri<\/p>\n

Vatteri Bottas in the Cadillac MAC-26 during the recent Japanese Grand Prix weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe exciting part about this weekend for me, and for GM as a whole, is the fact that we\u2019re demonstrating our scale, capability, and commitment,\u201d Warren says. \u201cWe\u2019re doing that every day as we\u2019re creating new vehicles, and we feel strongly that as our fans see that we\u2019re able to be competitive in all these race series, they should have confidence that their vehicles have not just capability, but quality as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, tune in Sunday to watch GM compete and learn on the world stage. One thing is certain: it won\u2019t be boring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indianapolis 500, Formula 1\u00ae, NASCAR: GM is the only automaker racing in all three this Sunday 2026-05-21 By:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":685459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[43409,166424,22197,879,49,48,7574,6717,578,576,577,14230,166426,166427,12716,166425,26617,82],"class_list":["post-686168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-43409","tag-all-new-releases","tag-brands","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chevrolet","tag-english","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-gm","tag-gm-news","tag-hero-1","tag-motorsports","tag-news-and-events","tag-public","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686168","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=686168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/685459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}