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General Motors' new Cadillac team gains final approval to join expanded grid from the 2026 season

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[โ€“] Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 36 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Do F1 rules permit automatic transmissions and cup holders?

[โ€“] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 13 points 9 months ago

Has anyone told Cadillac there are corners involved yet?

[โ€“] icerunner_origin@startrek.website 12 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Non-American here. I've never thought of Cadillac as a particularly sporty or performance brand, but more comfort-oriented. Do I have a false impression of them?

[โ€“] BURN@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They decided to use the Cadillac brand as their racing brand, so they also run their GTP/LMDh (Le mans/IMSA/Endurance racing) cars as Cadillacs.

Theyโ€™ve also got corvettes in the GT3/GTD categories

[โ€“] Danitos@reddthat.com 5 points 9 months ago

And their hypercars were leading past weekend's WEC 10 hours race, showing race-winning pace.

...Until they crashed each other out behind a safety car lmao

[โ€“] TomSelleck@lemm.ee 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

No, but thatโ€™s why they have pushed into motorsports so hard. They currently sell some pretty impressive performance cars, but Iโ€™ll bet dollars to donuts that the Escalade is their top seller. Theyโ€™re trying to upscale the brand by having it associated with Ferrari, Mercedes, Audi, Aston Martin, and McLaren.

[โ€“] Microw@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's not like Mercedes is a sportscar-focused brand either tbf

[โ€“] TomSelleck@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Fair, but Mercedes also has a long history of success in motorsports.

[โ€“] Microw@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago
[โ€“] Numinous_Ylem@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

The idea of a Cadillac F1 team always seemed weird to me, but this take makes a ton of sense. I guess Cadillac seems more fitting than a Buick or GM marque, but I still think they should have gone with Chevrolet since there are / have been existing Chevy motorsport teams.

[โ€“] Majorllama@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

They aren't exactly "known" for sporty cars but they have some really fast stuff in their lineup.

Currently it's the CT5-V Blackwing which has a supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 spitting out a respectable 668 horsepower. Comes with a 6 speed manual standard and an optional 10 speed automatic that supposedly actually shifts pretty quickly.

I'm not a huge fan of the styling of anything they make, but I have ridden in a buddies black wing and it's got some get up and go for sure.

[โ€“] Microw@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago

In addition to what the others have said, Cadillac is essentially just the brand name they run with while the team itself has been set up by Andretti (successful Indycar racing team).

[โ€“] evidences@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As others have said they're more luxury oriented but they still do have performance models but they do have a history in sports car racing.

GM had been using them successfully for racing versions of their sedans since 2004, they have their lmdh program that's been running since like 2017, and lately they also have prototype program from 2000-02 that competed in ALMS but didn't go anywhere because the Audi R8 was to dominate at the time.

[โ€“] ms_lane@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

luxury oriented

They might think so, but they're just tacky.

[โ€“] frank@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 months ago

Oh man this is great news for the sport.

Seb back when?