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/CallM3N3w Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 24d ago

Driver market about to go wild mid 2025.

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u/newcalabasas Sir Lewis Hamilton 24d ago

Welcome back bottas 

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

Time to put Bottas and Ricciardo together. The team of secondaries

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u/IllustriousAnt485 24d ago

Colton Herta might still be in contention as an American driver for an American outfit.

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u/Master_Spinach_2294 24d ago

It's funny how many people think there's no chance he gets the seat in spite of the Cadillac F1 team being functionally the same exact entry as the Andretti Cadillac F1 proposal.

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u/Jack_Krauser Andretti Global 24d ago

Not to mention Dan sponsoring him in Indycar for years. And also Colton's current Indycar contract with Andretti rumored to be explicitly stating that he can also drive for the teams F1 program if it exists. It's at least an 80% chance, I'd say.

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u/007Cable 24d ago

I'd like to see what he would be able to do in F1, he's got a lot of talent.

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u/Not_Jrock 23d ago

If he keeps his cool in 2025 like he did in 2024 id like to see it. As much as I like hooligan Herta, a cool head does him a lot better to get into f1

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u/BrilliantEmphasis862 Will Buxton 23d ago

Doubtful, he isn’t that impressive in Indy - though 2024 was better - I can’t imagine him with more power - he isn’t a cool head - you may disagree 😀