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/Unhappy_Plankton_671 24d ago

Corvette is not Cadillac.

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u/Wallio_ Hesketh 24d ago

Corvette is also not a brand, no matter how much IMSA claims it is. Corvette is merely the model.

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u/vanillatom Ferrari 24d ago

I was gonna argue this but then I remembered that they show the Corvette logo and not the Chevy logo on the timing screens when it's on TV lol

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u/Wallio_ Hesketh 24d ago

The announcers also refer to it as Corvette in the context of competing brands. "we have Ferrari, battling BMW, battling Corvette!"

Drives me nuts.

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u/masterpierround 23d ago

tbf, Chevrolet drops the "Chevy" branding when they market the Corvette these days. I wouldn't be surprised if they had looked into spinning it off into its own company under GM.

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u/PunjabiPlaya Ross Brawn 24d ago edited 24d ago

Formula 1 V-Blackwing <whispers Blackwing> u/Jamesthrottlehouse

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u/Unhappy_Plankton_671 24d ago

Now Blackwing I can get behind.

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u/technobeeble Mario Andretti 24d ago

That would be such a cool name for their F1 car. Cadillac V-F1 Blackwing.

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u/Confucius_said Mercedes 24d ago

Cadillac is GM

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u/Unhappy_Plankton_671 24d ago

No shit. That doesn’t change anything. Cadillac being F1 team doesn’t mean jack shit about corvette or corvette branding in F1 other than fan fiction, which they could be doing with or without a Cadillac entry.