{"id":272637,"date":"2025-07-18T17:51:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T17:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/272637\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T17:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T17:51:12","slug":"surprise-cadillac-f1-target-was-seen-hiding-away-from-the-press-at-the-teams-launch-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/272637\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprise Cadillac F1 target was seen ‘hiding away’ from the press at the team’s launch party"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cadillac aren\u2019t afraid to take risks with their first Formula 1 driver line-up. That much is clear from their list of targets.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A report in the German press claims Cadillac are certain to sign Sergio Perez<\/a>, who unravelled at Red Bull last season and saw his contract terminated by mutual consent. And his teammate could also be a driver who\u2019s lost his seat.<\/p>\n

Zhou Guanyu is a strong Cadillac contender<\/a>, having been let go by Sauber at the end of 2024. Zhou\u2019s manager, Graeme Lowdon, is the team principal.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Jack Doohan has also been linked with Cadillac<\/a> after his demotion at Alpine. And as Yuki Tsunoda assesses his options<\/a> before a likely Red Bull exit, his agent has spoken to the American squad.<\/p>\n

Mick Schumacher tried to avoid attention at Cadillac F1 launch<\/p>\n

Mick Schumacher<\/a> is another driver who\u2019s surprisingly been touted as an option. Schumacher hasn\u2019t raced in F1 since 2022.<\/p>\n

Haas released the German, who had been outshone by Kevin Magnussen, at the end of his second season. Subsequently a reserve for Mercedes, he\u2019s out of F1 altogether right now, instead competing in the World Endurance Championship for Alpine.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s clear that the 26-year-old is a serious contender for a drive. That explains why he attended the team\u2019s launch party in Miami back in May.<\/p>\n

\"MickPhoto by Kym Illman\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

ESPN journalist Nate Saunders was also invited, and he noticed that Schumacher was trying not to catch the eye.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw Mick Schumacher skulking around at the Cadillac<\/a> launch party that we went to in Miami,\u201d Saunders said on the Unlapped podcast. \u201cHe was hiding away, saw me, and I don\u2019t whether it\u2019s related, but he ducked behind the person he was with.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if he thought we\u2019d take a picture. I\u2019ve seen you Mick!\u201d<\/p>\n

Cadillac have three reasons to sign Mick Schumacher for 2026<\/p>\n

A report from F1-Insider<\/a> offers more details on Cadillac\u2019s interest in Schumacher. They want a younger driver they can mould alongside a veteran like Perez.<\/p>\n

While Schumacher is older than around half of the current grid, his limited experience in F1 means he can still improve. Cadillac have three main reasons to sign him \u2013 his \u2018solid performances\u2019 at WEC level, his \u2018professional demeanour\u2019 and his ability to bring his own sponsors.<\/p>\n

They clearly feel he\u2019s a better driver than the one who left Haas two and a half years ago. If they decide against a full-time seat, a back-up role is theoretically possible.<\/p>\n

Guenther Steiner has urged Cadillac to sign Schumacher<\/a>, a symbolically important vote of confidence from the man who let him go.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cadillac aren\u2019t afraid to take risks with their first Formula 1 driver line-up. That much is clear from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4103],"tags":[5621,4199,707,101951,4200,38013,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-272637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-cadillac","9":"tag-f1","10":"tag-formula-1","11":"tag-formula-1-driver-market","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-mick-schumacher","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114875510690723853","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}