{"id":94143,"date":"2025-08-24T19:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T19:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/94143\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T19:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T19:04:08","slug":"perez-and-bottas-reportedly-drivers-for-new-cadillac-f1-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/94143\/","title":{"rendered":"P\u00e9rez And Bottas Reportedly Drivers For New Cadillac F1 Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sergio<\/p>\n

Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas are reportedly the drivers for the fledgling Cadillac F1 team scheduled to join the grid in 2026. (Photo by Dan Istitene – Formula 1\/Formula 1 via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Formula 1 via Getty Images<\/p>\n

In 2026, a team fielded by Cadillac will enter the Formula 1 grid. The two drivers who will pilot the cars are reportedly on the cusp of being announced.<\/p>\n

Multiple outlets are reporting that Sergio P\u00e9rez and Valtteri Bottas have signed with the fledgling team for the 2026 season. The announcement is expected sometime next week.<\/p>\n

P\u00e9rez last drove for the Oracle Red Bull team while Bottas spent the 2023 and 2024 seasons with Sauber. He is currently a reserve driver for Mercedes.<\/p>\n

In selecting the two, Cadillac is opting for experience over the potential in younger drivers. The two have a combined 16 race wins and 106 podiums over their F1 careers.<\/p>\n

P\u00e9rez was released by Red Bull after poor results in comparison to Max Verstappen, but drivers Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda have fared no better. The bulk of Bottas\u2019 achievements came about as a teammate of Lewis Hamilton while the two were part of Mercedes\u2019 run of eight consecutive constructor championships from 2014-21.<\/p>\n

The new team, led by former Manor team principal Graeme Lowden, identified both drivers as primary targets early in the process, sources have told ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The General Motors racing effort through Cadillac has targeted its own engine no later than 2030. They will enter the field in 2026 with a Ferrari powerplant.<\/p>\n

The racing effort is overseen by TWG Motorsports, a division of TWG Global, which has co-chairs Mark Walter and Thomas Tull. Dan Towriss leads TWG Motorsports as CEO. TWG Motorsports comprises Cadillac Formula 1, Andretti Global, Spire Motorsports, Wayne Taylor Racing, and Walkinshaw Andretti United.<\/p>\n

Cadillac F1 received final approval<\/a> to be the 11th team on the Formula 1 grid in March. At the time, Towriss said that they would be \u201caccelerating our efforts \u2014 expanding our facilities, refining cutting-edge technologies, and continuing to assemble top-tier talent.\u201d<\/p>\n

The additions of P\u00e9rez and Bottas would mark the most important phase of adding talent to the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas are reportedly the drivers for the fledgling Cadillac F1 team scheduled to join…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,55132,48,578,576,577,55135,55134,55136,2190,2191,82,1713,55133],"class_list":["post-94143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-cadillac-f1-news","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-how-many-podiums-bottas","tag-how-many-podiums-perez","tag-mercedes-amg-racing","tag-red-bull-racing","tag-sergio-perez","tag-sports","tag-valtteri-bottas","tag-who-are-the-drivers-for-the-new-cadillac-f1-team"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94143","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=94143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}