Overview
- Sergio Pérez returned to F1 machinery at Imola in a blacked‑out 2023 Ferrari as part of Cadillac’s two‑day operational exercise under Testing of Previous Cars rules.
- Around 30 Ferrari staff supported roughly 20 Cadillac personnel in adjacent pit boxes to drill pit stops, garage routines, data flow and radio protocols.
- Ferrari provided two TPC days and personnel, with Arthur Leclerc completing a Fiorano shakedown before Pérez’s running.
- Team principal Graeme Lowdon says Cadillac will fire up its own 2026 car before Christmas and conduct a January shakedown ahead of the late‑January Barcelona test.
- Valtteri Bottas remains unavailable to drive until his Mercedes reserve deal ends in 2025, as Cadillac targets a race debut in March 2026 in Melbourne.