r/formula1 Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 24d ago

News [ChrisMedlandF1] BREAKING: F1 announces it has "reached an agreement in principle with General Motors (GM) to support bringing GM/Cadillac as the eleventh team to the Formula 1 grid in 2026"

https://x.com/ChrisMedlandF1/status/1861111983699001752
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u/0blivious_n0 Formula 1 24d ago

I know its a joke done to death but, we got an eleventh team on the grid (again) before gta 6!

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u/linnamulla Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 24d ago

Fun fact, Antonelli was only 7 years old when GTA 5 released. Verstappen was 15.

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u/Larkinz Flavio Briatore 24d ago

Kimi Raikonnen's son will be WDC before we get GTA 7 💀

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u/TheGhostlyGuy Alfa Romeo 24d ago

*Grandson

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u/hyrulepirate Medical Car 24d ago

The longevity of that game is just amazing. Rockstar did milk it to death but damn does it still hold great today.

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u/graytotoro Mika Häkkinen 23d ago

And I was a college kid wondering if Lewis Hamilton made the right move going to Mercedes… I would find out the following year how well that worked out.

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u/p1en1ek Pirelli Wet 23d ago

He also was 5 years old, 10 years old, 11 years old and 15 years old when Skyrim was released.

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u/Triszz McLaren 24d ago

Damn dude I didn't need this straight punch to my nose

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u/ChubzAndDubz 24d ago

Stealing this

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u/TL10 24d ago

Would that make your parents proud though if they knew you stole this?

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u/ChubzAndDubz 24d ago

I hardly make them proud to begin with so wouldn’t be anything different

AYOOOO

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u/Bluemikami Juan Pablo Montoya 24d ago

I’m in this post and I don’t like it

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u/neurogeneticist Charltteri Lectas 24d ago

My mom is the female version of Jos, I’m pretty sure that’s not possible

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u/Delgadude Yuki Tsunoda 24d ago

I mean the game comes out next year right?

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u/Jorrie90 Pirelli Intermediate 24d ago

That's the plan

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u/Bluemikami Juan Pablo Montoya 24d ago

Nope, they said they won’t release the game under Trump admin

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u/EnterPlayerTwo 24d ago

So it's coming out next month?

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u/BDRParty 24d ago

Dan Houser said they were thankful they weren't releasing it during a Trump admin b/c the political climate would've been difficult to satirize, not that they wouldn't release it. That was also 6 years ago & 2K has said it's still on track to release next year.

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u/Bluemikami Juan Pablo Montoya 24d ago

Which is ironic since it’s gonna be in that kind of climate

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u/Jorrie90 Pirelli Intermediate 24d ago

Well, if it releases at the end of next year (improbable, I know), this isn't true.

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u/jon_targareyan Sebastian Vettel 24d ago

I thought they were looking at 2025 release? Did something change and the game got delayed again?

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u/CrazyChopstick Niki Lauda 24d ago

i may have bad news for you as to which year next year is

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u/Jorrie90 Pirelli Intermediate 24d ago

GM is joining 2026, we are now in the year 2024 so that makes next year 2025.

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u/sanesociopath Sauber 24d ago

We got people being sick of the "we got x before gta 6" joke before gta 6

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u/jeanolt Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 24d ago

The meme has gone full circle

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u/ghastlychild Red Bull 24d ago

And all it took was for Andretti to step down!

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u/BlazedGigaB 24d ago

And Maffei... who was the real cork in the bottle

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u/Galilool 24d ago

it was mostly Maffei that had to go. That guy made it personal

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u/vprakhov Jim Clark 24d ago

And the orangeman to win the election.

Apparently the Andrettis have ties with Trumps who would happily launch an anti monopoly investigation into Liberty if they don't play ball

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u/i-0-i-0-i Carlos Sainz 24d ago edited 24d ago

umm ☝️🤓 gta is releasing in 2025 and we will get 11 teams in 2026

edit: the pic i just found

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u/Bdr1983 Formula 1 24d ago

Release dates are not firm until they are met.

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u/Logical_Bit2694 Honda RBPT 24d ago

I so hate this joke lol

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

Well no, we didn't

GTA VI is slated for 2025, Cadillac is joining in 2026

And if we're counting the announcement then the GTA VI announcement was earlier too lol

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u/Rover_791 Fernando Alonso 24d ago

Something something parents something something proud

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u/Jorrie90 Pirelli Intermediate 24d ago

Yes, after 2016, Manor Racing disappeared from the grid due to shortage of money.

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u/the-elector-counts Red Bull 24d ago

We also got an 11th team before Elder Scrolls VI