Overview
- Engineers and mechanics conducted initial on-track integration focused on long-run and qualifying simulations rather than lap times.
- Pérez completed 91 laps covering 447 kilometers over two days at Imola.
- Ferrari loaned a 2023 SF-23 as Cadillac’s interim platform while its 2026 car is completed.
- Pérez said he was happy to be back in a car, joking that his neck “survived” the G-forces after months out.
- Cadillac expects its first Ferrari engine within weeks, plans an initial fire-up by early December, then a shakedown and a private Barcelona test ahead of the March 8, 2026 debut in Melbourne.