Overview
- Running was constrained by the 200km filming-day cap, early garage issues, and a wet Silverstone surface.
- The team tightly controlled visuals with phone-camera stickers as it released only brief footage of the all-black car.
- Pérez conducted the laps with Valtteri Bottas and reserve Zhou Guanyu present, as Cadillac validated core systems rather than performance.
- Cadillac joins the grid as the 11th team and will start as a Ferrari customer while General Motors pursues its own power unit for later seasons.
- Next steps include the private Barcelona test on January 26–30, a Super Bowl livery reveal on February 8, Bahrain testing in February, and the Melbourne season opener in March.