General Motors’ new Cadillac team gains final approval to join expanded grid from the 2026 season
Do F1 rules permit automatic transmissions and cup holders?
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Non-American here. I’ve never thought of Cadillac as a particularly sporty or performance brand, but more comfort-oriented. Do I have a false impression of them?
They decided to use the Cadillac brand as their racing brand, so they also run their GTP/LMDh (Le mans/IMSA/Endurance racing) cars as Cadillacs.
They’ve also got corvettes in the GT3/GTD categories
No, but that’s why they have pushed into motorsports so hard. They currently sell some pretty impressive performance cars, but I’ll bet dollars to donuts that the Escalade is their top seller. They’re trying to upscale the brand by having it associated with Ferrari, Mercedes, Audi, Aston Martin, and McLaren.
The idea of a Cadillac F1 team always seemed weird to me, but this take makes a ton of sense. I guess Cadillac seems more fitting than a Buick or GM marque, but I still think they should have gone with Chevrolet since there are / have been existing Chevy motorsport teams.
As others have said they’re more luxury oriented but they still do have performance models but they do have a history in sports car racing.
GM had been using them successfully for racing versions of their sedans since 2004, they have their lmdh program that’s been running since like 2017, and lately they also have prototype program from 2000-02 that competed in ALMS but didn’t go anywhere because the Audi R8 was to dominate at the time.
luxury oriented
They might think so, but they’re just tacky.
