It took an astonishing 764 days from the entry process opening to Cadillac being granted its place as Formula 1’s 11th team for 2026. That was finally confirmed on March 8th, 2025 - just 364 days before the first race of next year in Australia.
With so much focus, for so long, on the political battles over the entry of the team that started life as Andretti Formula Racing, before General Motors got involved and rebranded it Cadillac, the nuts and bolts of the team haven’t been discussed in public a great deal.
The Race had the chance to visit the new team’s Silverstone facility and hear from team principal Graeme Lowdon to understand more about the surprising amount of work that has already been done and exactly what to expect from the first start-up F1 team to join the grid since Haas in 2016.
00:00 Visiting Cadillac’s new F1 base
03:40 How complete is the team?
05:10 How advanced is the design work?
06:35 Working as a race team
08:30 The drivers
10:15 The GM engine
11:00 Will Cadillac be ready?
Published: 2025-07-10 Chanel: THE RACE