{"id":774165,"date":"2026-07-01T22:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T22:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/774165\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T22:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T22:10:11","slug":"cadillac-unveils-patriotic-formula-1-livery-for-british-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/774165\/","title":{"rendered":"Cadillac Unveils Patriotic Formula 1 Livery for British Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">Cadillac will mark the 250th anniversary of US independence with a special one-off red, white, and blue color scheme this weekend.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">The July 4 celebrations for the team will\u2014in something of an ironic twist\u2014take place at the British Grand Prix, with the 250th anniversary falling on Saturday, the occasion of the Sprint Race and grand prix qualifying.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">The MAC-26 will deviate from its usual white-and-black scheme for a livery inspired by the Stars and Stripes, and will be sported by Checo Perez and Valtteri Bottas through the weekend.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">Cadillac\u2019s pit garages, the driver helmets, and the team kit will all reflect the one-off livery too. <\/p>\n<p><img draggable=\"true\" alt=\"250th livery\" title=\"250th livery\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"7680\" height=\"4320\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;width:100%;height:auto;\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/83d03462-a06c-4c47-85b1-52af0ea68a4e.jpg\" class=\"css-0 e1g79fud0\"\/><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-theme-key=\"base-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/www.autoweek.com\/racing\/formula-1\/a71796256\/cadillac-patriotic-f1-livery-for-british-grand-prix\/&amp;description=Autoweek&amp;media=https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod\/images\/83d03462-a06c-4c47-85b1-52af0ea68a4e.jpg?resize=1600:*\" class=\"pinterest css-on9hn5 e1socmtw0\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-dynamic-svg=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autoweek.com\/_assets\/design-tokens\/fre\/static\/icons\/social\/pinterest.e8cf655.svg?primary=%2523ffffff\" loading=\"lazy\" data-testid=\"dynamic-svg-base\" height=\"auto\" width=\"auto\" alt=\"pinterest\" class=\"css-4lml0h e1mlxuuw1\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cadillac F1 Team<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">\u201cThe 4th of July weekend is a moment for us to show our continued pride in representing the United States on the global stage of F1,&#8221; said Dan Towriss, CEO of Cadillac Formula 1 Team Holdings. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"css-1ood0zq emevuu60\">&#8220;We want to use it as an opportunity to allow new communities to discover the sport and share our passion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-dynamic-svg=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autoweek.com\/_assets\/design-tokens\/autoweek\/static\/images\/logos\/lettermark.de67f45.svg?primary=%2523000\" loading=\"lazy\" data-testid=\"dynamic-svg-base\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" alt=\"Lettermark\" class=\"css-7mevzh ev8dhu50\"\/><\/p>\n<p>U.K.-based Phillip Horton started covering Grands Prix while still at university and swiftly deemed that writing about Formula 1 and the behind-the-scenes machinations was much more engaging than reading centuries-old novels. Degree gained, he went on to cover the sport full-time from 2014 and is as intrigued and excited by the destinations Formula 1 visits during its lengthy annual world tour as the racing itself. Phillip joined Autoweek in 2021 and while he has just about learned to spell in American English he has yet to find anywhere in America that makes a proper cup of tea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cadillac will mark the 250th anniversary of US independence with a special one-off red, white, and blue color&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":774166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,782,274700,784,578,576,577,237154,1642,274699,273948,82,184740],"class_list":["post-774165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-bf1ba74f-d7d4-4384-80f9-29d8a7431472","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-us","tag-shorttitle-cadillac-unveils-patriotic-f1-livery-for-british-gp","tag-sponsored-false","tag-sports","tag-subsection-formula-one"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774165","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=774165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/774166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}