The Cadillac brand only evokes associations with motorsport among those interested in American racing series, but the cars of this brand, for example, not only participated in the 1950 24 Hours of Le Mans, but also reached the finish line and their crews took 10th and 11th place in the overall standings.
In addition, the British took Sydney Allard and Tom Cole Jr. then third in the Allard J2 sports car with a 5.4-liter Cadillac V8 engine. But these are things from days gone by, and in our day Cadillac racers are very successful in various overseas series – from GT to endurance races. By the way, Kevin Magnussen raced the Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac DPi sports prototype at Daytona.
But now General Motors plans to enter Formula 1 with Michael Andretti’s team, and this is of course very important news that immediately caused a lot of reactions.
Gary Anderson, former race car designer and now The Race expert: “The Andretti Global project has joined forces with General Motors and together they have set out to find the greatest American driver of all time, whoever he is.
A project like this best suits all the demands of Liberty Media, whose aim is to increase the popularity of Formula 1 in the US, so this is an important event for the championship’s owners.
Both partners have rich experience in many racing categories, but unfortunately this does not apply to Formula 1, so they will struggle. Andretti Cadillac plans to organize bases both in the US and in Europe, and it is also not easy to coordinate their work.
I hope they do well because it will be interesting to see the 11th team in Formula 1. But the day when we see the Andretti car on the grid is still a long way off and a lot can change in that time.”
The idea of a colleague was developed by another well-known British pundit, journalist Mark Hughes: “It seems that now the answers to all questions regarding Michael Andretti’s idea of organizing a new Formula 1 team are known become.
Let’s start with the finances: we are assured that the project will be provided with strong funding, although the details are not yet clear. But for now it is possible to consider that this question is closed.
Formula 1 says it will prioritize projects involving automakers, and it has already been announced that Andretti’s project will be implemented jointly with Cadillac. The brand is known, this is also okay.
Since the income from Formula 1 will have to be shared by 11 World Cup participants, and not by ten, this means that the share of existing teams will become smaller. That’s why they insist that every new team must add value to the championship. Absolutely, with the arrival of Cadillac, this is quite achievable, as Formula 1 wants to become more popular in the United States.
And although we do not yet have detailed information about the economics of this project, it seems very difficult to argue against it.”
Source: F1 News
I am Christopher Clyde, an experienced journalist and content writer with a passion for sports. I have been writing about Formula 1 news for the past five years and am currently employed as an author at athletistic.com, one of the top sports websites in the US.
