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” ha🌱d been in touch to bring hi🐼m back into Formula 1.

Cadillac, who will enter the sport next year but don’t yet have any drivers signed up, were assum♉ed to be one of Perez’s admir🌳ers.

Team boss Graeme Lowdon to🎃ld Speed City Broadcasting: “We are either planning, or have spoken to, seven or eight drivers.

“It would b𒊎e no surpris❀e that anybody who has got recent Formula 1 experience would be included in that list.

“Any discussions are very preliminary. We are trying to get to know what people’s interest൩ levels are, what their motivations are.

“ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚWe are certainly not in advanced discussion with any driver.”

Perez lost his Red Bull seat aft🦋er a poor 2024 where his inability to score points disadvantag♋ed his team against McLaren in the constructors’ championship.

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

Elsewhere, Valtteri Bottas is ano💛ther experienced name without a race seat who could be🦄 on Cadillac’s list.

Cadillac have been clear in dreaming of an Ame♏rican driver, with Colton Herta and F🔥2’s Jak Crawford the most obvious names.

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

“We a🗹re int💙erested to see how Jak goes in Formula 2.

“There is𒉰 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 stopp🉐ing us having one or more drivers from the US, at some stage.”

Cadillac 'disadvantage' in F1 driver market talks

Cadillac, backed by General Motors, will become the 11th Foꦛrmula 1 team on the grid in 2026.

Their arrival coincides with the new engꦿine regulations. It also gives F1 ღa powerhouse American manufacturer.

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

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

“It wasn’t 🧜f𒀰air 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 mark🎃et place.

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

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

“So there is no shortage in potential applicants.

“Since the entry has been confirmed, my phone has been reasonably bus🙈y.

“But we๊ are at fairly early stages. Drivers are a key part of the team. Th💧is is a sport and in F1, the drivers are the heroes.

“It’s important to spend time with potential driv🌺ers for the team, and find out what their motivation is.

♑“I would stress that we are at very early stages, at the moment.🔯”