Inside the next stages of Cadilac F1: Crash Test, Staff Recruitment and Driver

In a brilliant event held in Miami, the Cadilac Formula 1 team unveiled the team’s logo in the true American style in front of a large group of guests, including top management, potential sponsors and several VIPs. The eye -catching mask is a project that is taking shape in a real race against time.

Andrate the Andreti Global Team has previously officially applied to the F1, it has passed over two years, and since then a lot of water has passed under the fictional bridge connecting Europe and the United States. The leading events for the entry of General Motors (which would use the Cadilac brand) in F1 were thorny, even going here to include the US Congress, and such climate investors were forced to hold the program on standby, A long wait that ended on 7 March, the date on which the green light was officially burnt.

Backers, Mark Walter and Dan Toweris of the program first exposed the team’s Silverstone site and highlighted themselves on the cost of staffing, where single-seater engineering activities would be done without a proper entry. Now Cadilac is officially, the newborn team has seen the frantic levels of activity to be ready for 2026.

Now to save time that the Padock is whispering, the project managers are considering heavy drawing from external suppliers. Partnership with Ferrari Not only the supply of the power unit, but also the gearbox and rear suspension will guarantee, while the aerodynamic development in the Toyota Pawan tunnel in Colon has already begun.

Rumors of a partnership with Dalra are constantly, about a collaboration for the formation of chassis, but in the Miami weekend it is transpired that the team has already created a crashes test, body -used body, which were passed, but chassis well on the weight target set by engineers. This should not be very surprising because every team is fighting against the aggressive 2026 weight limit.

According to sources close to the team, the final organizational chart asks for around 600 employees, half of which are currently operational (led by technical director Nick Chester) due to horticulture holidays that are serving several figures of other teams.

In parallel, the power unit project that debuts in 2029 has also started. In this case all the work is being done in the United States, Charlotte headquarters, with General Motors’ motorsport programs. Work has begun with the construction of a single-cylinder unit, the first step in the V6 which must be ready in September.

The vast investment required for the project cannot run the risk of FIA throwing the air in the air by new decisions about the future power unit direction of F1, which is why work has been continued at a low speed in recent months. Now doubt is kept to restThe confirmation of which also comes from a large -scale order for testing benches commissioned by Austrian expert firm AVL.

Investment and design work will have to follow the budget boundaries imposed by the power unit rules. The maximum expenditure in the first three years has been set at $ 210million, which will be associated with other engine manufacturers from the first year of on-track operation.

Although despite widespread interest, one of the most essential subjects is not considered, but the driver’s counseling on the market has begun in the cadilac. Initial movements suggest how the team is considering experienced candidates, and it is more likely that the start-up team would like to avoid crooks. For this reason, the initial candidature of Colon Harta is out, California has to wait until the end of the Indycar Championship by the end of August, which is sure to be able to get a superlisance.

There was a lot of talk about Sergio Perez in MiamiAlong with rumors that Mexican will also be present at Cadilac’s Saturday night’s program. Was actually the only driver present in the event Mick ShumakarWhich is expecting an opportunity, but the parrez still remains in the list. With Perez, the team’s principal Graeme Lowdon’s shortlist features Zhou Gunau, Vultiry botasAnd Felip Dragovich, however, has never competed in a Grand Prix, is seen as a driver with F1 world’s good knowledge after years of being the Aston Martin Reserve.