Cadillacs Formula 1 team received official approval Friday to join the grid in 2026 and its owners insist the team will be ready to compete.

Although the grid expansion was approved last November, it was not until Friday that governing body FIA and Formula One Management said the Cadillac F1 effort meets all the requirements to become the 11th team in the series next season.

I am proud to lead the Federation in this progressive step for the championship, FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem said in a statement, who called adding an 11th team a milestone and a transformative moment.

GM/Cadillac brings fresh energy, aligning with the new FIA 2026 regulations and ushering in an exciting era for the sport.

The team is owned by General Motors and TWG Motorsports , an arm of the larger TWG Global group owned by co-chairs Mark Walter and Thomas Tull. TWG Global has controlling interest in the Los Angeles Dodgers, Premier League club Chelsea, the Professional Womens Hockey League, as well as stakes in the Los Angeles Lakers and other ventures.

TWG Motorsports is also the majority owner of Andretti Global, which competes in IndyCar, Indy NXT and Formula E; NASCAR team Spire Motorsports; the two-car IMSA sports car GTP program fielded by Wayne Taylor Racing; and a stake in Walkinshaw Andretti United, the Bathurst 1000-winning race team competing in Australias Supercars Championship.

The Cadillac Formula 1 Teams presence in the paddock will inspire future competitors and fans, said Stefano Domenicali, President and CEO of Formula 1. Their entry strengthens our mission to push motorsports boundaries at the highest level. As we said in November, the commitment by General Motors to bring a Cadillac team to Formula 1 was an important and positive demonstration of the evolution of our sport.

Cadillac F1 will be the second American-owned team on the grid, joining Haas F1, which is owned by California businessman Gene Haas. The Haas program does not have an American driver or a partnership with an American manufacturer, but it is sponsored by MoneyGram.

Cadillac F1 anticipates being distinctively American with its partnership with General Motors and the possibility of IndyCar driver Colton Herta, a California native, in the two-car lineup. It comes at a time when F1 has three races in the United States in Miami, Austin, Texas, and Las Vegas and teams are battling for sponsorship from American companies as the global series gains popularity in the U.S.

It took more than four years to get the project approved by FOM, despite the backing of the FIA and Ben Sulayem. At issue was an apparent breakdown in any relationship between F1 and Michael Andretti, who spent part of one season as an F1 driver and has never been warmly embraced in the European series.

But Andretti sold controlling interest of his motorsports ventures to Dan Towriss late last year and is no longer involved in the project. That helped TWG and Cadillac get the F1 bid approved.

For the past years, we have worked hand in hand with GM, to lay a robust foundation for an extraordinary F1 entry, said Towriss, CEO of TWG Motorsports. Now, with 2026 in our sights, were accelerating our efforts expanding our facilities, refining cutting-edge technologies and continuing to assemble top-tier talent.

Cadillacs powertrains will not be ready for some time and the team will lease engines from Ferrari until General Motors has a product ready to compete. The powertrains will be built in a facility on the North Carolina campus of Hendrick Motorsports in Concord, while the F1 program will be run from a new facility being built in Indiana and a second factory in Silverstone, England.

Were thrilled the Cadillac Formula 1 Team is official, as the team has been accelerating its work, General Motors President Mark Reuss said. Were incredibly grateful for the support from the FIA and Formula 1 leadership for us and for our partners at TWG. The excitement only grows as we get closer to showcasing GMs engineering expertise on the prestigious global stage of F1.

Towriss told The Associated Press that Cadillac F1 already has a 2026 car built that has been to the wind tunnel and work continues at a rapid pace. The team is also hiring at a head-spinning rate with motorsports and Formula 1 team executive Graeme Lowdon named team principal, and industry veteran Russ OBlenes named CEO of TWG GM Performance Power Units a new company that aims to make Cadillac a full-works team that builds both the chassis and power units.

TWG Motorsports has more than 300 employees working on aerodynamics, chassis and component development, as well as software and vehicle dynamics simulation.

I couldnt be more proud of the effort put in by the entire Cadillac Formula 1 Team. This announcement is the next step in getting on the grid and continues our efforts towards building a full-works team, Lowdown said. Through the long and thorough application process, we have never lost pace in our planning or our belief in the mission. We cant wait to go racing and give fans a new team to cheer for.

Towriss will not tip his hand at a possible driver lineup, but those mentioned for the two seats include Herta, who must finish fourth or higher in the IndyCar standings this season to earn the Super License required to compete in F1. Herta last weekend surprised many when he said he wasnt even sure he wanted the seat.

Other drivers mentioned as candidates for the second seat are Sergio Perez, Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu, all of whom were on the F1 grid last season but dont have seats for 2025.

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凯迪拉克（Cadillac）的F1车队周五得到了正经批准，将于2026年加入比赛，其所有者坚握暗示车队将准备就绪，准备参赛。

天然旧年11月仍是批准了车队声威的推论，但直到周五，国外汽车通晓纠合会（FIA）和一级方程式措置委员会才暗示，凯迪拉克F1车队相宜所有条件，将成为下个赛季系列赛中的第11支车队。

国外汽车纠合会（FIA）主席穆罕默德·本·苏莱姆在一份声明中暗示，他“很侥幸能指引纠合会走在这个冠军赛的超过说念路上”，并称加入第11支队伍是“一个里程碑”和“一个变革的时刻。”

通用汽车（GM）/凯迪拉克（Cadillac）为赛车通晓注入了新的活力，与新的国外汽车通晓纠合会（FIA）2026年法规保握一致，为这项通晓开启了粗野东说念主心的期间。

该团队由通用汽车公司和TWG Motorsports共同领有，而TWG Motorsports是更大的TWG Global集团的一个部门，该集团由纠合主席马克·沃尔特（Mark Walter）和托马斯·塔尔（Thomas Tull）共同领有。TWG Global在洛杉矶说念奇队（Los Angeles Dodgers）、英超切尔西足球俱乐部（Premier League club Chelsea）、奇迹女子冰球联赛（Professional Women's Hockey League）中领有放手权，同期也握有洛杉矶湖东说念主队（Los Angeles Lakers）和其他企业的股份。

TWG Motorsports是Andretti Global的主要所有者，该公司参与IndyCar、Indy NXT和Formula E的比赛；同期领有NASCAR团队Spire Motorsports；以及由Wayne Taylor Racing运营的两辆IMSA通晓车GTP霸术；而况握有在澳大利亚Supercars Championship中参赛、曾得到Bathurst 1000冠军的Walkinshaw Andretti United的股份。

F1总裁兼CEO斯蒂法诺·多梅尼卡利（Stefano Domenicali）暗示：“凯迪拉克（Cadillac）F1车队的到来将激勉畴昔的参赛者和不雅众。他们的加入强化了咱们推动汽车通晓在最高水平上打破的劳动。正如咱们在11月所说，通用汽车（General Motors）将凯迪拉克车队引入F1的决定，是咱们通晓演进的紧迫且积极的体现。”

凯迪拉克F1将成为第二个好意思国领有的车队，与相同由加利福尼亚商东说念主Gene Haas领有的哈斯F1车队一齐参赛。哈斯车队莫得好意思国车手或与好意思国制造商的诱惑关连，但它是由MoneyGram接济的。

凯迪拉克F1（Cadillac F1）欲望通过与通用汽车（General Motors）的诱惑以及有可能让加州腹地东说念主、印地赛车（IndyCar）车手科尔顿·赫塔（Colton Herta）加入双车声威，从而展现出独到的好意思国特质。这一举措发生在F1在好意思国举办三场比赛――迈阿密、德克萨斯州奥斯汀、拉斯维加斯――的时刻，此时巨匠系列赛在好意思国越来越受迎接，各车队正勤苦争取好意思国公司的接济。

尽管国外汽联（FIA）和本·苏莱姆（Ben Sulayem）的撑握，该形势仍需超过四年的期间才得到FOM的批准。问题的关节在于F1与迈克尔·安德里蒂（Michael Andretti）之间的关连似乎出现了裂痕，他曾在F1赛季中担任过一段期间的F1车手，但从未在欧洲系列中受到利弊迎接。

但安德里蒂旧年年底将其赛车通晓企业的控股权卖给了丹·托里斯，而况不再参与该形势。这匡助TWG和凯迪拉克得到了F1竞标批准。

TWG Motorsports的CEO Towriss暗示，畴前几年里，咱们与通用汽车公司联袂诱惑，为超越的F1入场奠定了坚实的基础。当前，咱们正对准2026年，加速咱们的勤苦，扩大咱们的才略，精湛顶端时期，并不时齐集一流的东说念主才。

凯迪拉克的能源总成还需要一段期间才略准备好，在此期间，团队将向法拉利租用引擎，直至通用汽车有一款居品梗概参与竞争。这些能源总成将在康科德市、亨德里克汽车通晓公司位于北卡罗来纳州的校园内的一个才略中建造，而F1形势则将从印第安纳州新建成的一个才略以及英国银石镇的一个第二工场中运行。

通用汽车总裁马克·鲁斯暗示，很高兴凯迪拉克F1车队正经竖立，因为该车队一直在加速劳动。咱们特殊谢忱国外汽车通晓纠合会（FIA）和F1指引层对咱们以及咱们的诱惑伙伴TWG的撑握。跟着咱们越来越接近在F1这一巨匠顶尖舞台上展示通用汽车的工程专长，咱们的高兴之情也愈发高涨。

塔沃里丝向好意思联社暗示，凯迪拉克F1仍是制造了2026年的赛车，并已干预风洞测试，当前劳动正在快速鼓吹。此外，该团队正以惊东说念主的速率招聘，并任命了赛车通晓和F1车队高管格雷姆·洛登为车队垄断，同期任命行业宿将罗素·奥布林斯为TWG GM Performance Power Units的CEO——这是一家新公司，旨在使凯迪拉克成为集车身和能源单位制造于一体的万能车队。

TWG Motorsports领有超过300名职工，他们从事空气能源学、底盘和零部件开采，以及软件和车辆能源学仿真。

洛德文暗示：“我无法折柳凯迪拉克F1车队整体成员的付出感到自爱。这一公告是登上比赛格子（即正经参加比赛）的下一步，亦然咱们勤苦竖立一支全声威车队的一部分。在通盘漫长而留心的请求经由中，咱们的霸术和信念从未动摇。咱们迫不足待地念念要运转比赛，为球迷们带来一支新的队伍来高兴。”

Towriss并未通晓可能的驾驶员声威，但被说起的两位座次包括Herta，他必须在本赛季的IndyCar名次中达到第四名或更高，才略得到参加F1所需的超等驾照。Herta上周末暗示我方甚而不细则是否念念要这个位置，这一言论令很多东说念主感到惊诧。

其他被说起行为第二位车手候选东说念主的包括塞尔吉奥·佩雷兹（Sergio Perez）、瓦尔特利·博塔斯（Valtteri Bottas）和周冠宇（Zhou Guanyu），他们上赛季均参加了F1的比赛，但当前还莫得2025年的席位。

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