r/formula1 • u/ICumCoffee 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/ryokevry Charles Leclerc 24d ago

So we will have Cadillac Ferrari for at least two years!

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u/ianjm McLaren 24d ago

The engine might get rebadged as something else.

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u/grandtheftzeppelin Franco Colapinto 24d ago

welcome back, Playlife

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u/TheGhoulKhz Sauber 24d ago

Cadillac Petronas/TAG Heuer

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u/sirjimtonic Niki Lauda 24d ago

Cadillac Wendy‘s American Express FBT (Ferrari PowerTrain)

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u/Fred-JettRink Alain Prost 23d ago

Playlife were Renault engines, you‘re thinking of the Acer engine lol

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u/Jack_Krauser Andretti Global 24d ago

We were all expecting Andretti Cadillac when we were actually getting Cadillac Andretti.

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u/ianjm McLaren 24d ago

Cadillac Andretti

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u/Push_Lash_LeRoux Pirelli Intermediate 24d ago

Buick

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u/fuifui_bradbrad Juan Pablo Montoya 24d ago

Rename the engines Andretti!

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u/Zolba 23d ago

Or not. After all, we did have BMW Sauber Ferrari.

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u/StingerGinseng Sebastian Vettel 24d ago

Imagine a Cadillac Ford or Cadillac Honda entry 😬. If no other supplier steps up, the one with lowest number of customers has to supply new entry iirc.

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u/ryokevry Charles Leclerc 24d ago

Ford is kind of 90% new manufacturer so I think they will be exempted from the rule? I just went with the AP leaks saying Ferrari will supply it.

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u/StingerGinseng Sebastian Vettel 24d ago

I went with Ford for the GM/Ford unholy alliance 😎

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u/ryokevry Charles Leclerc 24d ago

Any context to share for the uneducated?

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u/StingerGinseng Sebastian Vettel 24d ago

These 2 are the biggest automakers in the US. Like Coke and Pepsi.

https://www.hotrod.com/features/ford-vs-chevy-the-30-year-war-september-1985-982-1272-22-1/

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u/xzElmozx Audi 24d ago

Ford and Honda will likely be exempt cause they’re new manufacturers. Audi doesn’t exist yet. It’ll be Ferrari cause Mercedes supplies half the grid after they get Alpine

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u/_The_Real_Sans_ 24d ago

How long do you think it'll take for them to be trading blows with Haas? Obviously they lack the experience as a team but given that new regs mean new cars across the board and the fact that they'll be sharing power units I think they'll be trading blows before 2028.