Cadillac board member and former Formula 1 champion Mario Andretti has broken his silence regarding the team’s 2026 driver line-up.
With the 2026 season just months away, all eyes are on the 11th team on the grid for the upcoming season: Cadillac.
The General Motors-backed project will begin life on the grid as a Ferrari customer team, with the understanding that it will start producing its own engines from 2028 onwards.
And while the team has already sorted out stuff on the chassis and powertrain side, it is yet to announce arguably the most important piece of the puzzle: its driver line-up.
The likes of Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez, and Mick Schumacher had all been in the running, as per reports.
That said, earlier this week, it seems that the duo of Bottas and Perez have agreed a deal, at least in principle, to race for the American outfit.
Andretti breaks silence on Cadillac reports
Andretti has been keen to get back into the sport, this time in an owner role.
His bid to introduce the Andretti brand into the paddock failed, but he has clawed his way back onto the grid with Cadillac.
The 1978 F1 World Champion was signed up by Cadillac as an advisor and board member.
And despite all the signals pointing towards the duo of Perez and Bottas to kick off Cadillac’s venture, the 85-year-old urged fans to only believe what the team officially puts out.
While speaking to German publication BILD, Andretti kept his cards close to his chest as he did not divulge any expected date or time period for the team’s driver announcement.
“Just believe what we communicate,” he said.
Perez’s former boss, Otmar Szafnauer, is confident that Cadillac has rightly placed its faith in experience over youth as the team begins life at the pinnacle of single-seaters.
“If he [Perez] finds the right environment, with all of his experience at both smaller teams with less budget [than] Red Bull, he definitely has something to offer,” he told PlanetF1.
“Especially perhaps, a new team coming in that needs an experienced driver for the first couple of years, Checo would be a good addition.”
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