Although we were still waiting for the official confirmation that Cadillac is transparent to register in the Formula 1 grid in 2026, all panels imply a successful launch, especially when the fact that the American car manufacturer has already begun the buildings their first motoring
But even if Cadillac can start painting, there are many limits to the type of paintings it can make, as well as the number of tests it can undertake. We’ll read temporarily about F1’s evolving regulations to accurately perceive what the American automaker is and isn’t legal to do in terms of development.
The Cadillac Formula 1 team began life with an expression of interest through Andretti Global, and from the moment the team implemented into a Formula 1 team, began building its Formula 1 car in hopes of slipping away in an unregulated control time.
We all know that evidence and progression in Formula 1 have been incredibly regimated. Load roofs dictate how much a team can spend. Fan allocations vary between the groups, with more time granted to the groups in the rear of the championship.
The objective is not so much to limit innovation, since it is to maintain a game box of more points among all competitors.
Cadillac, however, existed in limbo. The American automaker has made it clear that its car will begin to emerge well before the initial acceptance of the F1 2026 network in November 2024.
And even then, that acceptance is not yet guaranteed, so the team is not shown in one hundred percent by 2026. What can Cadillac do to prepare for F1? What is not allowed?
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There are two final moments in our Cadillac-F1 chronology: the first arrived here with the agreement in precept with the management of Formula 1, and the moment arrived here on January 1, 2025.
In November, when Cadillac and the FOM concluded an agreement, this well meant that the team agreed to operate according to 2026 of January 1, 2025.
This means fulfilling the load roof by 2025, although there is still a lot of freedom for the American car manufacturer; Although existing groups will use their 2025 budget to compete in 2025, Cadillac can put more of this budget in its beginnings in 2026, although a giant component of this budget will be faithful to the structure of the staff and facilities of the equipment.
Cadillac will also find itself on the back foot; while one version of the 2026 regulations was available to the public, teams substantially revised those regulations in the later half of 2024, and the changes wouldn’t have been available to Caddy until it made its deal with the FOM.
We still have all the main points in those adjustments, because they were announced for the first time in December, after the World Motor Motor Council Assembly. But some general adjustments include:
Caddy would have been successful when his generation of F1 is arising when he was not regulated through the FIA, however, enough adjustments have been brought in the era that the outfit will probably have to significantly review his plans.
And now he will have to do it while complying with the monetary regulations reviewed in 2026, which can still modify the team’s strategy.
There’s smart news for Cadillac, though: It’s still introducing a force unit, and its PU could be bigger than the Ferrari-Forced race team that will run in the meantime.
As you might imagine, there have also been some refinements to regulations, with a view to protecting the intellectual property of PU makers; that was perhaps introduced with an eye to preventing Cadillac from pulling too much information from Ferrari — but with the outfit’s hypercar program already well established, intellectual property theft is highly unlikely.
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