Soldato
I heard its a team owned by Biden with Kamal as lead driver!
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Man of Honour
Eh? What the hell are you on about?
Soldato
Lol....
Soldato
Good long interview with Max post-Vegas. Interesting to hear that he knew he had won the WDC after his Brazil performance and again enforcing that he probably wont be around the sport forever.
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Associate
Thought this was an interesting video, Indycar youtuber/journalist's view on the Vegas race
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Man of Honour
GM agreement done in principle, will join the grid in 2026 as Cadillac; will build its own engine at a "later time".
Given Renault are out I wonder who's engine they'll use? Surely had to be Honda or Ferrari given Merc are probably full and I can't see them using Ford/Red Bull.
Given Renault are out I wonder who's engine they'll use? Surely had to be Honda or Ferrari given Merc are probably full and I can't see them using Ford/Red Bull.
Formula 1: General Motors agrees in principle to enter F1 in 2026 with Cadillac brand
US car giant General Motors reaches an agreement in principle to enter Formula 1 in 2026 with its Cadillac brand.
www.bbc.co.uk
Caporegime
The rule is that the manufacturer with the fewest teams is obliged to, but new manufacturers are exempt.
Honda seems most likely though, given their existing relationship in other sports.
Honda seems most likely though, given their existing relationship in other sports.
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they really hated Andretti then didnt they
Soldato
The article suggests Ferrari because in 2026 they'll not supplying customer engines to anyone..
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Soldato
Seems that Andretti's confrontational approach ruffled too many feathers..
Man of Honour
Haas have a deal with Ferrari until the end of 2028 for engines. Just leaves Honda & Audi as having "only" one Team in 2026.
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Soldato
I doubt Honda would be able to supply a second team in 2026. Aston Martin/Lawrence Stroll contract with them will be ironclad as he wants to turn Aston Martin into a full works team and won’t want the dilution of resources on the Honda side with a second engine supply going to rival team immediately.
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Caporegime
Supplying a second team means much more testing time, and more income for Honda. Aston would still be the works team getting the engine tuned to their design ideas. It would be a good move for Aston, imo.
Also, since they're the existing supplier with least customers they'd be obliged to - unless Red Bull Powertrains is considered the existing supplier.
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Caporegime
I presume there's no word on the likely Cadillac driver line-up now, but that shouldn't stop us speculating in a completely unmoored fashion 
I would pick Valterri Bottas - as a new team they need an experienced, and Bottas is likely to be the best such driver available. I just don't see the talented top drivers wanting to jump to a completely unproven team. Alongside him I'd go for Colton Herta, he's still young, he's American which I think is going to matter to them, and he's talented. Whether he can make the jump from Indy to F1 I don't know but he still seems a better option than trying to pick some youth out of F2 and probably paying another team for the privilege if they want anyone who is all that talented.
I would pick Valterri Bottas - as a new team they need an experienced, and Bottas is likely to be the best such driver available. I just don't see the talented top drivers wanting to jump to a completely unproven team. Alongside him I'd go for Colton Herta, he's still young, he's American which I think is going to matter to them, and he's talented. Whether he can make the jump from Indy to F1 I don't know but he still seems a better option than trying to pick some youth out of F2 and probably paying another team for the privilege if they want anyone who is all that talented.
Soldato
To continue wild speculation - Sainz? It would be a massive gamble moving to a new team but maybe better than staying with a known mediocre team. Unless Williams make a decent step up the grid next year.
Caporegime
He'd be a big win for Cadillac if they can pull it off, but I think if Sainz wanted that kind of gamble then he'd have taken the position at Audi. Presumably, there'd be a pricey buy-out on his contract if Cadillac wanted him too, but I guess they can swallow that if they need to.
Don
He's on the board of directors for Cadillac F1.
Presumably gives him an "in" a few years down the line when GM get bored, he just buys up what's left of the team and rebrands to Andretti racing?
Man of Honour
Not sure about the status of Honda, I'm sure it was clarified at some point! Mario Andretti seems to have indicated that Ferrari is there preferred partner anyway.
Its Mario Andretti that's on the board of Cadillac; not Michael (who was causing most of the feather ruffling)
He's also still 8 points short on his Superlicence so needs a good result from Indycar next season to stand a chance.
Some talk that the 'Anti-Dilution' fee GM/TWG will pay is more double the $200m that written into the current regulations: Senior sources in F1 have told BBC Sport that GM and TWG will pay an anti-dilution fee of $450m (£358m) to secure the entry.
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