Cadillac plans to work with an unknown staff of companions to conduct personal testing in 2025 earlier than the primary Method 1 automobile seems within the Stream in 2026.
The Basic Motors model has stepped up preparations for its Method 1 debut subsequent yr, unveiling Sergio Perez and Valtelli Bottas as two race drivers on Tuesday.
That entry additionally coincides with the introduction of recent technical rules. It will develop the pre-season schedule to 10 days in three checks.
However the totally new staff, Cadillac, must not solely get new automobiles up and working, but additionally combine newly constructed crews.
So partnering with one other staff to run an older era of automobiles by the top of 2025 will assist speed up that course of.
The deliberate working precedes the primary official take a look at in Barcelona in January. There, the brand new Cadillac F1 automobile is in anger for the primary time.
“We plan to introduce automobile testing once more this yr,” staff principal Graeme Lowdon instructed media, together with Crash.Web.
“Clearly we have now to work with others to try this, however that’s fully permissible underneath rules.
“We have no TPC automobiles or automobiles that we will function (on our personal).”
Sergio Perez advantages from the early Cadillac F1 take a look at
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Such checks will even ease Perez’s return a yr away from Method 1 after a sudden exit from Crimson Bull in 2024.
His new teammate, Bottas, has been doing personal runs in his function as a Mercedes sanctuary, however Perez has not accrued mileage within the Grand Prix machine since final December.
“Clearly, I have never pushed something shortly besides to cart with my son,” he mentioned.
“Nevertheless, the staff has some plans to check Method One automobiles by the top of the yr.
He added: “I positively keep in very common contact with the staff and go to them.
“Earlier than the top of this yr, I am wanting ahead as to if I can drive once more this yr, as a result of I wish to be as ready as potential when winter testing begins, so I wish to pace it up once more.”
