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| Full name | Cadillac Formula 1 Team[1] |
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| Chief Technical Officer | Nick Chester[4] |
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| Noted drivers | 11. Sergio Pérez77.  Valtteri Bottas Colton Herta(test driver)  Simon Pagenaud (simulator driver) |
| Website | cadillacf1team.com |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| First entry | 2026 (contracted) |
| Engines | Ferrari |
American car manufacturerGeneral Motors (GM) is contracted to compete as aFormula One constructor under theCadillac brand asCadillac Formula 1 Team, beginning with the2026 season, and is expected to become apower unit manufacturer starting in 2029. GM will collaborate with American motorsports organizationTWG Motorsports through the latter's British subsidiary,TWG Cadillac Formula 1 Team Ltd.
Cadillac will become the first new, independent constructor to join the grid sinceHaas in2016. The project has three bases in the United States—inIndiana,North Carolina, andMichigan—and one in the United Kingdom. The engine department will be based in North Carolina.
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| Officialname(s) | GM Performance Power Units LLC |
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| Base | Concord, North Carolina, U.S. (2027–) |
| Notable staff | Russ O'Blenes[8](chief executive officer) |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| First entry | 1952 Indianapolis 500 |
| Last entry | 1953 Indianapolis 500 |
| Races entered | 2 (0 starts) |
| Chassis | Kurtis Kraft |
Several GM marques participated in theIndianapolis 500 when it counted towards theFIAWorld Championship of Drivers from1950 to1960:
In January 2023,General Motors (GM) and theMichael Andretti–ledAndretti Global announced their intention to enter GM'sCadillac brand into theFormula One World Championship.[11] TheFIA approved their bid but theFormula One Group vetoed it,[12][13] explaining that it would reconsider its decision if GM agreed to manufactureFormula One engines.[14] Following the rejection, Andretti continued to build up the team and operations usingToyota's wind tunnel inCologne,[15] whichMcLaren had recently vacated.[16]
In November 2024, following extended disputes between the Formula One Group and Michael Andretti,[17] Andretti Global sponsorTWG Global—led byMark Walter—announced that it was taking over the operation from the Andretti family.[3][15] Michael Andretti remained as an advisor,[3] while his father,Mario, agreed to serve on the board of directors.[15][1] The team renamed its British subsidiary fromAndretti Racing toCadillac, and eventuallyTWG Cadillac Formula 1 Team Ltd.[18]
That month, the Formula One Group tentatively approved Cadillac as a new constructor for the2026 season.[17][19] The entry received its final approval in March 2025,[20] in time for Cadillac to sign the latestConcorde Agreement.[21] Cadillac will be the first debutant Formula One venture sinceHaas in2016.[22] GM paid an expansion fee ofUS$450 million, over twice as much as originally demanded.[21][23] In addition, GM announced that it would begin manufacturing engines for Cadillac for the 2029 season;[24][25] until then, the team will compete withFerrari engines.[26] In November, Cadillac made its testing debut atImola withSergio Pérez driving a blank-liveriedFerrari SF-23.[27]
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In December 2024, Cadillac hired the formerVirgin andMarussia CEO,Graeme Lowdon, as team principal.[2] Lowdon is overseen by Dan Towriss, the CEO ofTWG Motorsports.[3][28] The team has hired several alumni of "Team Enstone" in senior roles, including: Formula One chief technical officerPat Symonds,[7] operations officerRob White,[5] technical directorNick Chester, aerodynamicistJon Tomlinson, and advisorNaoki Tokunaga.[6]
In March 2025, Lowdon said that he intended to hire drivers based on merit, although he "[saw] no reason why an American driver [could not] be selected on merit".[29] Mario Andretti had stated that the team planned to pair an experienced driver with a younger American driver, who would likely be Andretti Global driverColton Herta.[30] Five months later, Cadillac announced formerWorld Drivers' Championship runners-upSergio Pérez andValtteri Bottas as their inaugural driver line-up, citing their experience over American options such as Herta andJosef Newgarden.[31] Herta later agreed to become atest driver and depart IndyCar forFIA Formula 2 in2026 with support from Cadillac.[32]Simon Pagenaud,Pietro Fittipaldi, andCharlie Eastwood also joined the team assimulator drivers.[33][34]
GM and TWG establishedGM Performance Power Units LLC (GM PPU) to produceworks engines for the Cadillac team, and hired longtime GM engine designer Russ O'Blenes to lead the engine division.[35] In addition,Joe Saward reported that GM was seeking to purchase the intellectual property of Renault's former power unit program.[36] GM PPU plans to produceFormula One power units for the 2029 season, usingFerrari power units until then.[25][26] GM PPU announced that it plans to spendUS$65–70 million building an engine factory for 300–350 employees, which is expected to open in the first quarter of 2027, and an additional US$75–80 million in start-up fees.[37]
Cadillac plans to operate four facilities, in:Fishers, Indiana;Concord, North Carolina;Warren, Michigan; andNorthamptonshire, England.[1] The organization will be headquartered at a brand-new facility in Fishers—a suburb ofIndianapolis—which will handle "the bulk" of manufacturing.[38] Andretti Global initially suggested that it would base its Formula One and IndyCar operations in same building,[39] but the IndyCar operation was ultimately moved to a different facility;[38]Formula One regulations prohibit the use of multi-team facilities.[40] GM will build a 204,000-square foot power unit facility near itsCharlotte Technical Center in Concord.[35][37] Additional operations will take place in Warren—the location of theGeneral Motors Technical Center.[1] In addition, the team has signed a long-term agreement withToyota to rent theirwind tunnel inCologne, Germany.[41] The race team and chassis designers will operate from a facility inSilverstone, England.[39][42]
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | Tyre | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
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| 1952 | Calvin Connell | Kurtis Kraft | Cadillac 4.5V8 | F | SUI | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | NED | ITA | ||
 Johnny Fedricks | DNQ | |||||||||||||
| 1953 | Calvin Connell | Kurtis Kraft | Cadillac 4.5V8 | F | ARG | 500 | NED | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | SUI | ITA | |
| Bill Homeier | DNQ | |||||||||||||
| Source:[10][43][44][45] | ||||||||||||||
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