The Cadillac Formulation 1 group took to the Silverstone circuit to shakedown its 2026 automotive for the primary time on Friday.
Cadillac will be a part of the F1 grid as its eleventh group in 2026, and forward of its debut accomplished a filming day on the British Grand Prix observe with Mexican driver Sergio Perez on the wheel.
Perez was joined by team-mate Valtteri Bottas and reserve driver Zhou Guanyu to hold out the shakedown of the American single-seater. Cadillac shared a clip of its first F1 racer operating on observe, which additionally provided a preview of the engine be aware of its Ferrari energy unit.
As well as, Zhou additionally uploaded a video exhibiting himself carrying the Cadillac group package, whereas obscuring any picture of the automotive, which will probably be revealed in a Tremendous Bowl advert subsequent month forward of the primary of F1’s two Bahrain take a look at periods.
In reality, Cadillac reportedly positioned stickers over the telephone cameras of anybody who may leak photos of the automotive – with exceptions made for the group’s personal filming crew. Nevertheless, some long-distance photos of the automotive within the Silverstone garages have already appeared on social media.
In addition to points with prying eyes across the Northamptonshire observe, Cadillac additionally reportedly skilled difficulties operating within the morning. Nevertheless, it later managed to fireplace up the engine and started lapping a observe that was made tougher by the climate at Silverstone.
A supply near Motorsport.com revealed that Perez is to this point the one Cadillac driver to make it out on observe, with the Mexican reportedly at Silverstone for the filming day earlier than returning to Mexico – the place he’ll fulfil industrial commitments subsequent week. The six-time grand prix winner travelled to England in the course of the week to the group’s base to handle technical features of the automotive earlier than its first outing.
As well as, team-mate Bottas additionally shared on social media that he had been on the group’s base for a seat match this week, additional exhibiting how preparations for Cadillac’s debut are ramping up.
Cadillac’s on-track debut follows an analogous shakedown occasion for Audi, which has taken over the Sauber group for 2026. The group hosted a filming day on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya final week.
In exams comparable to this, groups are permitted to run as much as 200km and should use completely different tyre compounds from Pirelli in contrast with the rubber that will probably be out there on the pre-season exams and in the course of the F1 season.
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