The Cadillac F1 team principal has given an honest update on their interest in 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez.

Sacked Red Bull driver Perez caused a stir when he claimed 🅷“a few teams” had been i𓂃n touch to bring him back into Formula 1.

Cadillac, who will enter the sport next year but don’t yet have any drivers signed up, weꦫre assumꦍed to be one of Perez’s admirers.

Team boss Graꦓeme Lowdon told Speed City Broadcasting: “We are eitꦦher planning, or have spoken to, seven or eight drivers.

“It would be no surprise that anybody who has got recent Formula 1 experi🌃ence would be included in that list.

“Any discussions are very preliminary. We are trying to get to know what peoಞple’s interest levels are, what their motivaဣtions are.

“We are ♑certainly not in advanced discussion with any driver.”

Perez lost his Red Bull seat after🎃 a poor 2024 where his inability to score points disadvantaged his team against McLaren in the constructors’ championship.

But the💙 difficulties discovered by Liam Lawson in the RB21 could shed new light on Perez’s performances last year.

Elsewhere, Valtteri Bottas is another experienced name without a race seat who could be on Ca💞dillac’s list.

Cadillac have been clear in dreaming of an American driver, w♏ꦏith Colton Herta and F2’s Jak Crawford the most obvious names.

“Colton has sta𝔉rted the IndyCar season now,” Lowdon said.

“We are interested to see how Jak goes i🎉n Formula 2.

“There is a lot there, as well. Everybody would expect a Formula 1 team to hire drivers on merit, and 🐼that’s what we’ll do.

“But there’s nothing stopping൩ us having one or more driver𓃲s from the US, at some stage.”

Cadillac 'disadvantage' in F1 driver market talks

Cadillac, backed by General Motors, wi💦ll become the 11th Formula 1 team on the grid in 2026.

Their arrival coin🍌cides with the new engine regulations. It also gives F1 a po💛werhouse American manufacturer.

However, they haven’t been able to snap up a driver yet partඣly because they couldn’t seriously partake in the most recent round of negotiations.

“It was a big disadvantage that we couldn’t take part in the last ♛round of the driver market,” Lowdon said.

“🗹It wasn’t fair for us to do when🔯 we didn’t have a confirmed entry.

“We could meet with drivers and talk to them. But without our entry confirmed, we couldn’t play in that market plac꧟e.

“So that was a big disadvantage. ♔A lot of ๊teams concluded arrangements then which span the new regulations in 2026.

“The upside is that there is a bunch of extremely good drivers w✨ho are hungry to be in F1, or to be back in F1.

“So there is no shortage in potential applicants.

“Sinc😼e the entry has been confirmed, my phone has been reasonably busy.

“But we are at fa൩irly early st🐽ages. Drivers are a key part of the team. This is a sport and in F1, the drivers are the heroes.

“It’s important to spen🎃d time with potentiaღl drivers for the team, and find out what their motivation is.

“I would stress tha🥃t we are at very early stages, at the m🍷oment.”