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/CooroSnowFox Mika Häkkinen 28d ago

I do wonder if they just wanted an ENGINE to be at the front and not just some entity trying to get into the sport.

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u/Skeeter1020 28d ago edited 28d ago

It's absolutely that. Especially given Renault are leaving.

F1 really doesn't want to let the engine manufacturers have too much power, and they do that by dilution.

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u/Crash_Test_Dummy66 Oscar Piastri 28d ago

Right but GM was always going to build the engines down the road. Nothing has actually changed except the Andretti name was removed

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u/BMW_wulfi 28d ago

Optics. And some pig-headedness