MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) The new Cadillac F1 team officially announced its arrival at a glitzy South Beach extravaganza packed with industry executives and influencers and highlighted by a musical showcase from Janelle Mone and actor Terry Crews Jr., who shared an anecdote about how hed never been born had his father not relocated at age 20 to Flint, Michigan, in search of a job with General Motors.

A splashy video ultimately unveiled the Cadillac F1 team logo at a multimillion-dollar party jammed elbow-to-elbow in the Queen Miami Beach venue.

What wasnt revealed? Cadillacs car, a bit of a disappointment for those who expected to see all the bells and whistles at the brand launch introduction to F1s newest team.

No worries, promised the leaders of the new team: Cadillac F1 is on pace to be on the grid in 2026.

Were building cars, weve been in the wind tunnel for a long time, said Dan Towriss, CEO of TWG Motorsports, the team owner . Chassis has arrived, were continuing to add (personnel) to the team, there are so many work streams that are happening all at once. But I want to make sure everybody understands just how deep the partnership is with General Motors and with Cadillac. I think thats something that really will set apart this team, this entry, on the grid.

Cadillac will debut in 2026 with a two-car lineup that will push the F1 field to 22 cars the first time since 2016 the grid will have more than 20 cars.

A long drive

It was a long road for Cadillac F1 to get to this point. The project started with Michael Andretti, who failed to buy Sauber in his effort to create a true American team that would feature at least one American driver. When he didnt close the Sauber deal, Andretti petitioned F1 and governing body FIA to expand the field for Andretti Global, which led to the equivalent of an IRS audit during a grueling application process.

F1 denied the application.

Towriss and Cadillac pressed on they spent the last year saying work on the project continues on pace and when Towriss bought out Andretti late last year, F1 changed course and the new team was suddenly fast-tracked.

General Motors President Mark Reuss was finally able to attend an F1 race the Miami Grand Prix over the weekend in an official capacity. So geeked to finally be in the club, Reuss pulled out his phone to play an audio clip for reporters of the first Cadillac engine being fired.

Cadillac will initially race with Ferrari engines before GMs power unit is ready for 2029. Reuss said the Cadillac approach is deliberate to have a reliable, fast engine rather than rush one out for next season.

You have to go slow to go fast, Reuss said.

Cadillac will have the largest U.S. presence of any F1 team and will operate out of facilities in Fishers, Indiana, as well as in Charlotte, North Carolina. The team also has a satellite facility at Silverstone, England.

Who will drive for Cadillac F1?

When Andretti first launched this project, he was adamant it was for an American driver, specifically California native and current IndyCar driver Colton Herta.

Now the list of potential drivers is rather long. Towriss and Reuss were adamant theyve yet to sign a driver amid reports that Sergio Perez has already signed. The need for there to be an American is not a pressing issue to TWG.

Theres a lot of interest in this team and were very appreciative of that, Towriss said. We want that person set up for success, and want that seat respected when that American driver does come in for the team. ... Well find the right way and the right time to bring the right driver into Formula 1.

IndyCar driver Pato OWard, who races under the Mexican flag but spent most of his childhood in Texas, wants a seat. Towriss said they had a funny run-in two weeks ago at the Indianapolis 500 open test when the elevator Towriss was in opened and there was OWard; they joked they would talk.

McLaren Racing boss Zak Brown said he wouldnt prevent OWard from pursuing a seat with Cadillac. OWard drives for McLaren in IndyCar and is the teams F1 reserve driver.

I wouldnt like it, but I wouldnt stop him, Brown said.

Valtteri Bottas, now an F1 reserve driver for Mercedes, told The Associated Press he is very interested while IndyCar driver Colton Herta has recently hedged on whether he wants the seat.

There are a number of Americans who could be candidates, especially if the team is willing to wait until deeper into its existence to hire one. NASCAR driver Connor Zilisch, an 18-year-old quickly climbing through the stock car series ladder system, initially pursued European racing in his career. Sebastian Wheldon, who is deep into the Andretti Global driver development program, on Saturday won his debut Italian F4 race at Misano with Prema Racing.

Another idea could put a long-debated topic to the test: NASCAR champion Kyle Larson, who often comes up as potentially the only driver in the world who could match F1 standout Max Verstappen in talent.

When AP asked Reuss about the possibility of Larson, Reuss said lets focus on Indianapolis first. Larson will run for McLaren and Chevrolet for a second consecutive year in the Indianapolis 500 later this month.

Potential effect of tariffs

Reuss said GMs F1 efforts will not be affected by President Donald Trumps proposed tariffs despite a potential $5 billion (053.8bn) impact. Despite reversing a number of the planned tariffs on imports in recent weeks, a 25% tariff is still in place.

This is a long-term footprint that we have that are very old in some cases, that have been there a long time, Reuss said. So were working to bring as much as we can into the United States and avoid the tariffs. But not at all cost, and it doesnt happen overnight. Theres no light switch that says, Oh, all of a sudden were tariff-free.

You probably would have seen over the last few days, we did earnings on the early part of the week, and then we came back and did the earnings review and guidance. In that second one, theres about $5 billion of impact for us. But its not going to affect this (F1) project.

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佛罗里达州迈阿密花园（美联社）——卡迪拉克F1车队在盛大的南海滩盛宴上正式宣布其到来，盛会汇聚了众多业界高管和有影响力的人物，音乐表演由珍妮·梅和演员特里·克鲁斯二世主持，他分享了一个故事，如果他父亲在他20岁时没有搬到密歇根州弗林特市寻找通用汽车的工作，他就不会出生。

在一场在迈阿密海滩女王酒店的数百万美元派对上，人挤人，最终通过一段炫目的视频揭露了凯迪拉克F1车队的队标。

有哪些未被揭晓的呢？凯迪拉克的汽车，对于那些期望在F1最新车队的品牌发布会上看到所有精彩内容的观众来说，这无疑是一个小小的失望。

新团队领导人承诺：别担心，凯迪拉克F1正处于2026年进入赛道的正轨上。

TWG Motorsports的队主、首席执行官丹·托瑞斯（Dan Towriss）表示：“我们在造车，已经在风洞中进行了很长时间。车架已经到货，我们继续为车队添加（人员），有太多工作流正在同时进行。但我想确保每个人都能理解与通用汽车和凯迪拉克的合作伙伴关系有多深。我认为这将使这支队伍、这场入场赛在网格上与众不同。”

凯迪拉克将于2026年首次亮相，其两辆赛车将使F1赛场上的赛车数量达到22辆，自2016年以来，这将是首次有超过20辆赛车的比赛。

长途驾驶

凯迪拉克F1在前进的道路上遭遇了许多挑战。这个项目最初由迈克尔·安德里蒂发起，他试图通过购买索伯车队来打造一支真正的美国车队，并希望至少有一名美国车手参赛。然而，当他的收购计划未能成功时，安德里蒂向F1和FIA（F1的监管机构）提出申请，要求扩大安德里蒂全球的参赛资格。这一过程犹如一次艰难的税务审计。

F1拒绝了该申请。

塔里斯和凯迪拉克公司（Cadillac）继续推进着——他们在过去一年中一直表示，该项目的进展仍按计划进行——去年年底，当塔里斯收购了安德雷蒂（Andretti）后，F1改变了方向，而新团队突然被加速推进。

通用汽车公司总裁马克·鲁斯终于能够以官方身份参加本周末的迈阿密大奖赛——一级方程式赛车（F1）比赛。他兴奋地成为这个俱乐部的一员，于是从口袋里掏出手机，为记者们播放了一段关于第一台凯迪拉克发动机启动的音频剪辑。

在通用汽车（GM）的发动机单元为2029年做好准备之前，凯迪拉克（Cadillac）最初将使用法拉利（Ferrari）的发动机进行比赛。Reuss表示，凯迪拉克的做法是故意的，目的是拥有一个可靠、快速的发动机，而不是匆忙地为下赛季推出新的发动机。

雷斯说：“欲速则不达，反而要慢。”

凯迪拉克将成为拥有美国最大基地的F1车队，其运营中心将位于印第安纳州费舍尔以及北卡罗来纳州夏洛特。此外，该车队在英国银石还设有一个卫星基地。

谁会为凯迪拉克F1车队效力？

当Andretti首次启动这个项目时，他坚持认为这个项目是专为一名美国车手准备的，特别是那位出生在加利福尼亚州、现正担任IndyCar车手的科尔顿·海塔（Colton Herta）。

目前潜在的车手名单相当长。托里斯和瑞斯坚称他们尚未签约任何车手，尽管有报道称塞尔吉奥·佩雷兹已经签约。对TWG而言，车队中有一名美国车手并非紧迫的问题。

Towriss表示，这个车队得到了很多关注，我们对此非常感激。我们希望为那位选手提供成功的机会，希望当那位美国车手加入车队时，那个位置会受到应有的尊重。... 我们会找到正确的方式和时机，将合适的车手带入F1。

印地赛车手帕托·奥沃德（Pato O'Ward）虽然以墨西哥国旗参赛，但大部分童年时光在德克萨斯州度过，他渴望能有一个席位。塔里斯（Towriss）说，两周前在印第安纳波利斯500公里公开测试时，他们之间发生了一次有趣的“邂逅”，当时塔里斯所在的电梯门开了，里面是奥沃德；他们开玩笑说会聊一聊。

迈凯伦车队老板扎克·布朗（Zak Brown）表示，他不会阻止O'Ward去争取凯迪拉克的席位。O'Ward在印地车赛（IndyCar）中为迈凯伦车队效力，同时也是该车队F1赛事的替补车手。

布朗表示，'虽然我不喜欢这样，但我不会阻止他。'

目前为梅赛德斯车队F1车队替补车手的瓦特里·博塔斯（Valtteri Bottas）向美联社表示，他对此非常感兴趣，而印地赛车手科尔顿·赫塔（Colton Herta）最近则对是否想要这个位置持谨慎态度。

有几位美国人可能成为候选人，尤其是如果车队愿意等到更深入地存在后再聘请他们的话。18岁的NASCAR车手康纳·齐利希（Connor Zilisch）正迅速通过股票赛车系列赛的阶梯系统晋升，他最初在其职业生涯中追求的是欧洲赛车。周六，深入Andretti Global驾驶员发展计划的塞巴斯蒂安·韦尔登（Sebastian Wheldon）在Prema Racing的米萨诺（Misano）赢得了他的首次意大利F4比赛。

另一个想法是，可以测试一个长期以来备受争议的话题：NASCAR冠军凯尔·拉森（Kyle Larson），他常常被认为可能是世界上唯一一个在才能上能媲美F1杰出车手马克斯·维斯塔潘（Max Verstappen）的驾驶员。

当美联社询问瑞斯（Reuss）关于拉尔森（Larson）的可能性时，瑞斯回答说：“让我们先专注于印第安纳波利斯（Indianapolis）。”拉尔森将在本月晚些时候连续第二年代表迈凯伦（McLaren）和雪佛兰（Chevrolet）参加印第500赛车的比赛。

关税的潜在影响

雷斯表示，尽管可能产生5亿美元（约合38亿欧元）的影响，但通用汽车（General Motors）在F1上的努力不会受到特朗普总统（President Donald Trump）提议的关税的影响。尽管最近几周取消了多项计划中的进口关税，但25%的关税仍然存在。

Reuss指出，这是我们长期以来的足迹，其中有些甚至已经存在很长时间了，属于非常古老的类型。因此，我们正在努力将尽可能多的产品带回美国，以避免关税。但并非不计成本且非一朝一夕之事。没有一盏灯开关能突然宣布'哦，现在全部免关税了'。

在过去的几天里，你们可能已经注意到，我们在周初进行了收益报告，然后我们回来进行了收益回顾和指导。在第二次报告中，对我们产生了大约50亿美元的影响。但这对（F1）项目没有影响。

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