{"id":373030,"date":"2025-08-25T19:03:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T19:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/373030\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T19:03:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T19:03:15","slug":"perez-set-to-be-announced-as-cadillac-f1-driver-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/373030\/","title":{"rendered":"Perez set to be announced as Cadillac F1 driver for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/sergio-perez\/829668\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sergio Perez<\/a>\u2019s Formula 1 return with newcomer Cadillac in 2026 on a multi-year deal is expected to be announced, Autosport has learned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following several months of negotiations, Autosport understands Perez and Cadillac have finalised their talks, with an announcement coming later this week.<\/p>\n<p>One key point of discussion was the length of the 35-year-old\u2019s contract and it is now understood that Perez has accepted a muti-year deal covering at least two seasons with an option for a third.<\/p>\n<p>This provides some continuity after what is expected to be a tough debut campaign for F1&#8217;s 11th team on the grid from next season.<\/p>\n<p>Having taken a year out after his Red Bull departure, Perez is expected to partner fellow F1 race winner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/valtteri-bottas\/829609\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Valtteri Bottas<\/a> at Cadillac, which will be based both in the UK and the US and will be powered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/team\/ferrari\/36466\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ferrari<\/a> engines.<\/p>\n<p>Cadillac turned to the experienced pair as the Graeme Lowdon helmed team will have a huge challenge on its hands taking on the 10 established outfits, although the 2026 regulations reset perhaps provides the best entry point for a new operation.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756148595_744_valtteri-bottas-mercedes.jpg\" alt=\"Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes<\/p>\n<p class=\"photographer\">Photo by: Bryn Lennon \/ Formula 1 \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>It is understood both drivers will have equal status at the squad. Perez is expected to be presented imminently, allowing the Mexican to plug into the team&#8217;s 2026 preparations straight away and work with Cadillac engineers at the brand-new Silverstone headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>Perez collected six wins during his first 14-year stint in F1, taking a maiden grand prix victory for Racing Point at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix before being signed by Red Bull to partner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/max-verstappen\/829269\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Max Verstappen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He took another five wins for Red Bull before spiralling performances led to him being relieved from his duties at the end of 2024 despite a recent contract renewal, although his replacements <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/liam-lawson\/841994\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liam Lawson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/driver\/yuki-tsunoda\/841444\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yuki Tsunoda<\/a> have since also struggled.<\/p>\n<p>Read Also:<\/p>\n<p>In this article<\/p>\n<p>Be the first to know and subscribe for real-time news email updates on these topics<\/p>\n<p>    Subscribe to news alerts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sergio Perez\u2019s Formula 1 return with newcomer Cadillac in 2026 on a multi-year deal is expected to be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[125825,125824,707,130534,706,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-373030","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-circuit-zandvoort","9":"tag-dutch-gp","10":"tag-formula-1","11":"tag-perez-set-to-be-announced-as-cadillac-f1-driver-for-2026","12":"tag-sergio-perez","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115090961509397335","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373030","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=373030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}