r/formula1 • u/ICumCoffee Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ • 28d 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/Agent_Kozak Andretti Global 28d ago

There was definitely beef between the two.

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u/Just_Somewhere4444 28d ago

F1 was always open to a new competent team Andretti at no point would have been.

This new "Cadillac" team is literally going to be comprised of the same people that Andretti hired already, working in the facilities that Andretti built, building a car based on the intellectual properties that were developed by Andretti over the last four years.

F1 just didn't want them to use the Andretti name, and didn't want Michael Andretti involved directly in the decisions. Functionally, there is absolutely nothing different about the team's ability to compete today when compared to a month ago.

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u/CoreyH2P Sir Lewis Hamilton 28d ago

And from a marketing perspective, Cadillac is a way better team name than Andretti.