Overview

• Cadillac has hired around 400 of its planned 600 staff across facilities in Silverstone, Indiana, North Carolina and Michigan.
• Its engineers have produced over 6,000 design drawings, manufactured more than 10,000 components and carried out front-impact crash and wind-tunnel testing of a proof-of-concept chassis.
• The team will deploy Ferrari engines and gearboxes through 2029 and employs a flat, Apollo-inspired mission-control management model to streamline collaboration across continents.
• Team principal Graeme Lowdon sets expectations for a back-of-the-grid debut but highlights the outfit’s “limitless ambition” and warns rivals could be apoplectic if beaten.
• Cadillac is in advanced discussions with experienced contenders—including Sergio Perez, Valtteri Bottas, Zhou Guanyu and Felipe Drugovich—to fill its two inaugural seats.