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| Full name | Cadillac Formula 1 Team[1] |
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| Chief Technical Officer | Nick Chester[4] |
| Website | cadillacf1team.com |
| 2026 Formula One World Championship | |
| Race drivers | 11. Sergio Pérez[5]77.  Valtteri Bottas[5] |
| Test driver(s) | 24. Zhou Guanyu(Reserve driver)  Colton Herta(Test driver)  Simon Pagenaud (Simulator driver) Pietro Fittipaldi (Simulator driver) Charlie Eastwood (Simulator driver) |
| Chassis | CA01 |
| Engine | Ferrari[6] |
| Tyres | Pirelli |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| First entry | 2026 |
| Engines | Ferrari |
The American car manufacturerGeneral Motors (GM) is aFormula One constructor under the luxuryCadillac 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 Limited.[7][8]
Cadillac became the first new, independent constructor to join the grid sinceHaas in2016. The project has three bases in the United States—inFishers, Indiana,Concord, North Carolina, andWarren, Michigan, as well as a British base inSilverstone. 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[9](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.[12] TheFIA approved their bid but theFormula One Group vetoed it,[13][14] explaining that it would reconsider its decision if GM agreed to manufactureFormula One engines.[15] Following the rejection, Andretti continued to build up the team and operations usingToyota's wind tunnel inCologne,[16] whichMcLaren had recently vacated.[17]
In November 2024, following extended disputes between the Formula One Group and Michael Andretti,[18] Andretti Global sponsorTWG Global—led byMark Walter—announced that it was taking over the business operation in areas such as sponsorship, infrastructure planning, and organizational growth.[3][16][19] Michael Andretti remained as an advisor,[3] while his father,Mario, agreed to serve on the board of directors.[16][1] The team renamed its British subsidiary fromAndretti Racing toCadillac, and eventuallyTWG Cadillac Formula 1 Team Ltd.[8]
That month, the Formula One Group tentatively approved Cadillac as a new constructor for the2026 season.[18][20] The entry received its final approval in March 2025,[21] in time for Cadillac to sign the latestConcorde Agreement.[22] The approval by the FIA and Formula One Management confirmed Cadillac's place on the grid as the championship's 11th team for the 2026 season.[23][24] Cadillac will be the first debutant Formula One venture sinceHaas in2016.[25] GM paid an expansion fee ofUS$450 million, over twice as much as originally demanded.[22][26] In addition, GM announced that it would begin manufacturing engines for Cadillac for the 2029 season;[27][28] until then, the team will compete withFerrari engines.[6] In November, Cadillac made its testing debut atImola withSergio Pérez driving a blank-liveriedFerrari SF-23.[29]
The project has been described as part of an effort to expand American involvement in top-tier motorsport. Team representatives have emphasized community engagement, workforce development, and long-term competitiveness over short-term marketing aims.[19]
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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][30] The team has hired several alumni of "Team Enstone" in senior roles, including: Formula One chief technical officerPat Symonds,[31] operations officerRob White,[32] technical directorNick Chester, aerodynamicistJon Tomlinson, and advisorNaoki Tokunaga.[33] FormerScuderia Ferrari race engineer,Xavi Marcos, is chief race engineer.[34]
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".[35] 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.[36] 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.[37] Herta later agreed to become atest driver and depart IndyCar forFIA Formula 2 in2026 with support from Cadillac.[38]Simon Pagenaud,Pietro Fittipaldi,Charlie Eastwood, andAlec Udell also joined the team assimulator drivers.[39][40][41] In January 2026, Bottas' formerSauber teammateZhou Guanyu joined the team as their reserve driver.[42]
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.[43] In addition,Joe Saward reported that GM was seeking to purchase the intellectual property of Renault's former power unit program.[44] GM PPU plans to produceFormula One power units for the 2029 season, usingFerrari power units until then.[28][6] 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.[45]
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.[46] In January 2026, team principal Graeme Lowdon stated that the organization had advertised 595 positions, receiving 143,265 applications, and had hired 520 staff by the end of 2025.[47] Andretti Global initially suggested that it would base its Formula One and IndyCar operations in same building,[48] but the IndyCar operation was ultimately moved to a different facility;[46]Formula One regulations prohibit the use of multi-team facilities.[49] GM will build a 204,000-square foot power unit facility near itsCharlotte Technical Center in Concord.[43][45] 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.[50] The race team, competing under anAmerican racing licence,[51] and chassis designers will operate from a facility inSilverstone, England.[48][52]
| Key | |
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| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Other points position |
| Blue | Other classified position |
| Not classified, finished (NC) | |
| Purple | Not classified, retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| Race cancelled (C) | |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Excluded (EX) | |
| Did not arrive (DNA) | |
| Withdrawn (WD) | |
| Did not enter (empty cell) | |
| Annotation | Meaning |
| P | Pole position |
| F | Fastest lap |
| Superscript number | Points-scoring position insprint |
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Points | WCC |
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| 2026 | CA01 | Ferrari 1.6V6t | P | AUS | CHN | JPN | BHR | SAU | MIA | CAN | MON | BCN | AUT | GBR | BEL | HUN | NED | ITA | ESP | AZE | SIN | USA | MXC | SAP | LVG | QAT | ABU | N/A* | N/A* | |
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| 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 | |||||||||||||
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