Juan Pablo Mont𝓰oya says Sergio Perez and Zhou Guanyu will be the best fit for Cadillac on its arrival to Formul൲a 1 in 2026.

F1 will see an 11th team on the grid next year, with♛ General Motors having received approval to enter the series w𓆏ith its luxury brand, Cadillac.

The American manufacturꦬer will initially take on customer engines from Ferrari, but will become a full-fledged works team in 2029 when it debuts its in-house power uni𝔍ts.

There has been plenty of interest in the drivers Cadillac will sign for its F1 entry, wꦅith several names having already been linked to th✅e squad.

Seven-time grand prix winner Montoya thinks 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Per🐓ez is the most obvious bet for the team, given his extensive experience in F1 💎with both midfield and frontrunning squads.

However, for him, an unconventional secon💖d can👍didate is Zhou, who has been appointed as a reserve driver by Ferrari this year after being dropped from Sauber’s race line-up.

“I think 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez would be a great fit for Cadillac, and I bet you money the next guy might be 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Zhou Guanyu,” Montoya told Instant Casino.

“They would be a perfect fit. Guanyu is the Ferrari reserve. So, he’ll be driving, developing and working. He’ll know everything about Ferrari, and they’re going wiౠth a Ferrari engine.

“So, if you look at it from that point of v🌃iew, i🦩t would make sense.”

Cadillac’s entry raises the e𓆏nticing prospect of an American driver racing for an American team in a championship that is keen on e🔴xpanding its footprint in the US.

However, Cadillac advisor Mario Andretti recently ❀conceded that there is no guarantee his team will be able to sign an Am🅘erican driver as early as next year, citing s♋everal hurdles such as super licence points.

Montoya doesn’t think an American driver like Colton Herta would be able to succeed in F🎃1, despite his strong credentials in IndyCar and experience of competing in junior championships in Europe.

“People say Cadillac should get an American. I think it would be crazy if Colton Herta decided to come to F1,” said Montoya, a two-time Indy 500 w🐻inner.

“I don’t think it would be as easy as he thinks.

“For speed, I think He𒁃rta has enough speed and be good enough speed-wise to do it. But understanding 🎉going from IndyCar to this is such a different change.

“The shock alone of moving to Europe and a different culture would be so big that I think it would screw with his head. If he did do it, the chances of surviving and prospering i✃𒊎n it would be very slim.”