As Cadillac ramps up its preparations for 2026, Sergio Perez will probably be behind the wheel of an F1 automobile for the primary time in virtually a yr for a two-day take a look at of the Preliminary Automotive (TPC).
Cadillac doesn’t have its personal car for testing, however it has reached an settlement with energy unit provider Ferrari to make use of the 2023 SF-23. The take a look at will happen at Imola and can give Cadillac the chance to not solely practice its crew members on quite a few methods, but in addition run a simulation of a race weekend, and Perez will probably be driving for Pink Bull for the primary time since his final outing in December 2024.
“I feel it is nice to get going and I feel the timing is working completely because it’s proper earlier than the January take a look at,” Perez instructed F1’s official web site. “I wish to see in these two days how a lot I’ve misplaced and what I must work on bodily. It will likely be an excellent information to assist me concentrate on that for the winter.”
“That is additionally an opportunity to begin collaborating with the crew, engineers and mechanics and begin talking the identical language. It’s undoubtedly a good time for us.”
The SF-23 is operating in an all-black livery as an alternative of the standard Ferrari crimson, and as with TPC driving requirements, compliance is ensured with the presence of the FIA. Cadillac is concentrated on coaching its crews, Perez and Valtteri Bottas, for 2026, and there are limits to the information and telemetry accessible from the car.
Cadillac take a look at driver Colton Herta additionally drove in Italy earlier this month, however his testing befell in a earlier technology F2 automobile at Monza forward of the 2026 entry into the class.
