The Cadillac team set to debut in Formula One next year has at least six names on a list of potential drivers and will decide on merit, principal Graeme Lowdon said on Monday. The General Motors-backed team secured final approval last week for their entry as the sport's 11th outfit on the starting grid,

Cadillac's application to join 2026 grid was approved last week — meaning the new team now has work to do in the driver market.

The FIA and Formula One Management announced the approval based on GM's meeting all required terms. The post FIA and Formula One approve Cadillac as 11th F1 team for 2026 season appeared first on The Manual.

Lowdon explained that regardless of nationality, the Cadillac F1 Team's maiden drivers will be hired on merit.

Cadillac’s new Formula One team has received final approval from F1 and its governing body, the FIA, to join the grid in 2026. In November, F1 announced it had agreed in principle to allow General Motors, the American car giant, to race from next year with its Cadillac brand, provisionally expanding the field to 11 teams.

Cadillac 's team principal Graeme Lowdon has suggested that the driver lineup will feature an American driver based on merit, since Formula One 's new team is based in the US. The comments arrive after Cadillac was confirmed as the sport's eleventh team on March 7, with the outfit gearing up to race from the 2026 season.

Cadillac F1 can now enter the driver market for F1 2026 and see six or more drivers not currently with a team who represent intriguing options. That is the claim made by team principal Graeme Lowdon,

Release the bald eagles, fettle those 108bhp 9.0-litre V8s and prepare to think up many more cliches, because Cadillac has received final approval to join the F1 grid in 2026. Yeehaw! Of course, we were pretty certain this day would eventually come,

F1 will, barring any unexpected setbacks, have a brand new team on the grid in 2026. That's right: the championship has reached an agreement in principle with General Motors and its Cadillac brand to become an 11th team after all - despite EVERY application for a new entry previously being rejected by the FIA,

Formula 1 and the FIA have finally set in stone Cadillac’s official arrival in the sport for 2026. As soon as the news hit

In a landmark move for the sport, Cadillac, backed by General Motors, has officially been given the green light to join Formula One in 2026. The FIA and Formula One Management (FOM) confirmed on March 6 that the American outfit has met all necessary entry requirements,