Cadillac’s high-flying Formula One team now has pilots.

With the hiring Tuesday of Finnish veteran Valtteri Bottas and Mexican ace Sergio Pérez, “America’s F1 team” gains two of the sport’s most elite, seasoned drivers for its inaugural 2026 season that begins in Australia next March. The pair have both been runner-up for the F1 title in their careers with 16 wins between them (10 for Bottas, six for Perez) over more than 500 combined Grand Prix starts.

The picks ends months of speculation that Cadillac — the first Detroit automotive brand to wave the red, white, and blue flag as a team principal on the world’s premier motorsports stage — would also bring an American driver to the game. Charismatic IndyCar drivers Colton Herta and two-time Indy 500-winner Josef Newgarden were rumored as

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