Cadillac Goes Racing in Formula One in 2026

[oldshurst442]

Formula One Management has accepted GM's bid to be part of the league so Cadillac becomes the 11th team to be on the grid for 2026.  Cadillac will partner up with TWG Global which owns Andretti Racing and Wayne Taylor Racing.  It looks like Mario will be in charge as director of the team's board rather than his son Michael.  Formula One had a problem with Michael.  

Cadillac for now will be using another manufacturer's engine. No word yet on who but rumors abound that it will not be Alpine/Renault as it was the first time around but Ferrari.   I guess Ferrari was smitten when Chevrolet said that a Ferrai 458 and especially its engine was an inspiration for the Corvette C8 Z06 and its engine.  That would be my opinion of course.  GM promised that it would be an engine producer/supplier by the end of the decade for Cadillac's racing team.  The team will race under the Cadillac brand. 

 

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a63011375/formula-1-gm-cadillac-team-approved/

 

https://www.motortrend.com/news/general-motors-cadillac-joins-formula-1-2026/

 

[ccap41]

I am so freakin' excited for this! Ford and GM will be in F1 in 2026. 

 

[oldshurst442]

4 hours ago, ccap41 said:

I am so freakin' excited for this! Ford and GM will be in F1 in 2026. 

 

As so am I.

Despite me ranting on the other thread, I find our common love for this as a great thing.  Looks like Ill be a Formula One fan once again.  I used to watch it in the 1990s when local boy Jacques Villeneuve was racing.  Now I have a different reason to watch. My love for GM and Ford.  Glad we share that same sentiment! 

That and your St Louis Blues team keeps on taking Bruins talent.  Tory Krug and now former head coach Jim Montgomery becoming your head coach.  David Backes on the flip side...

Jim Montgomery went to the same highschool as I did.  We did roam the same halls together AT the same TIME but sadly, I do not know him.  I was on the highschool hockey team. He was not. I guess he was too good for a humble highschool hockey team... 

Edited Thursday at 01:24 AM by oldshurst442

[Robert Hall]

Good news... I haven't paid attention to F1 much in the last few years, but used to be a huge fan...from reading about it in Road & Track as a kid in the late 70s to watching on tv whenever I could find it from the 80s through the early 00s, then again in 10s.

[G. David Felt]

I just hope that GM will stick with it long term rather than short term till they get a few wins and use it to advertise and then kill it off. Their past track record leaves much to be desired when it comes to commercial racing.

[ccap41]

On 11/27/2024 at 7:19 PM, oldshurst442 said:

As so am I.

Despite me ranting on the other thread, I find our common love for this as a great thing.  Looks like Ill be a Formula One fan once again.  I used to watch it in the 1990s when local boy Jacques Villeneuve was racing.  Now I have a different reason to watch. My love for GM and Ford.  Glad we share that same sentiment! 

That and your St Louis Blues team keeps on taking Bruins talent.  Tory Krug and now former head coach Jim Montgomery becoming your head coach.  David Backes on the flip side...

Jim Montgomery went to the same highschool as I did.  We did roam the same halls together AT the same TIME but sadly, I do not know him.  I was on the highschool hockey team. He was not. I guess he was too good for a humble highschool hockey team... 

That's awesome! I thoroughly believe Boston screwed up in firing him. They had a little cold streak and fired a very good coach. 

Monty was actually a Blues assistant for two years after STL won the Cup and Dallas fired him, so he knows the organization and a good chunk of the players already. 

As for F1, how do you feel about your current Canadian driver, Lance Stroll? 🤣 There are soooo many more qualified and deserving drivers than Lance, but daddy owns the team...

[oldshurst442]

3 hours ago, ccap41 said:

That's awesome! I thoroughly believe Boston screwed up in firing him. They had a little cold streak and fired a very good coach. 

Monty was actually a Blues assistant for two years after STL won the Cup and Dallas fired him, so he knows the organization and a good chunk of the players already. 

As for F1, how do you feel about your current Canadian driver, Lance Stroll? 🤣 There are soooo many more qualified and deserving drivers than Lance, but daddy owns the team...

I also think it was a stupid firing.  The Bruins are missing 2 centermen.  When Bergeron was there, they were mssing 1 centerman ever since Krejci left for Europe.  Krejci did come back and they had that historical season. But BOTH retired the very next year.  Yeah...they never replaced those 2 centermen. You cant really replace a player like Bergeron, but truth is, they need TWO centermen.  Last year, the team just played BEYOND their talent.  Great year. This year, the Bruins are playing EXACTLY who they really are.  A.500 club.   And Monty cant do miracles. 

Ive heard of Lance Stroll. I dont really know how good he is, but Ive had some little insights about him that he isnt really all that. I did know that his daddy partly owns the Aston Martin team so yeah. Id have to agree on that sentiment.  F1 racing.  There is plenty of nepotism and favoritism that goes on in that league.  Hence the Cadillac/Andtretti team problem of getting in.  Now, Im sure Michael aint no saint either in regards to the other F1 teams as to why ALL the teams hated him... 

3 hours ago, ccap41 said:

Monty was actually a Blues assistant for two years after STL won the Cup and Dallas fired him, so he knows the organization and a good chunk of the players already. 

I also knew that. I was reluctant to say what I said but I wanted to throw a bone at you for saying what I said for the politics talks we have had the last 48 hours or so.   Ill try to limit my political talk going forward. Sports and cars only. Promise!