11th team on F1 grid

General Motors and TWG Global have reached an agreement in principle with Formula 1 to enter a Cadillac team in 2026. 

GM is also launching an F1 power unit that will put Cadillac on the path to being a “full works” team – building its own F1 vehicles and power units – by the end of the decade.

Cadillac will be the first new team to join Formula 1 since 2016 and the 11th on the grid.

GM says innovations created for F1 will contribute to the company’s push to “drive the future of transportation, leveraging advanced electrification, powertrain, software and internal combustion engine technology for consumers around the globe”. 

Launching an F1 team will also highlight the Cadillac brand to a diverse international audience.

Mark Reuss, president of GM, says: “As the pinnacle of motorsports, F1 demands boundary-pushing innovation and excellence. 

“It’s an honour for us to join the world’s premier racing series, and we’re committed to competing with passion and integrity to elevate the sport for race fans around the world.

“This is a global stage for us to demonstrate GM’s engineering expertise and technology leadership at an entirely new level.”

“We’re excited to partner with GM in bringing a dynamic presence to F1,” says Dan Towriss, CEO of TWG Global’s motorsports businesses. “We’re assembling a world-class team.”

Since GM’s bid to join F1 was announced in January 2023, Cadillac Formula 1 has assembled an experienced team to work on aerodynamics, chassis and component development, software and vehicle dynamics simulation. It has operations in Fishers, Indiana, Charlotte in North Carolina, Warren in Michigan and Silverstone, England.

GM has decades of racing success including more than 3,000 wins, and in excess of 100 driver and manufacturer championships. Mario Andretti, the last American F1 Champion, will serve as a director on the team’s board.