Cadillac Formula 1 Team

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Technically, he is not currently last in the championship because this P13 has placed him higher in the standings than Sergio Perez, who is actually currently last in the championship which is a little bit awkward but Sergio Perez finished his 300th Grand Prix so his Cadillac was able to get him to the start and to the finish yes it wasn't the performance that he had hoped for nor was that pit stop helpful that was forever that tumbled him out of like the upper side of the lower midfield upper lower midfield you know what I mean he was running in p13 at a point and I was very excited for the Hot minute that he was up there until that pit stop sent him way back to the back.

But he's the first driver that reached their 300th Grand Prix at their home circuit, which this time last year, Sergio Perez wasn't even racing.

So the fact that he is back, he finished his 300th Grand Prix.

He has a contract extension to 2029.

Obviously it's a bad car and a bad performance, but hey, he finished the race.

The bar is so low for Cadillac.

So congratulations to him.

It was and it was not.

I mean, it was, once again, Cadillac MS suspension just going pop like that.

Yeah.

But what I found was because he kind of spun around and he went, you know, rearward in.

It didn't actually look that bad from some of the angles, but it was clearly bad enough to, you know, I presume wind him or something because he was sitting in that car for quite a while.

Yeah, I think he scrubbed off a lot of speed before he came to rest, definitely.

It's an embarrassing thing for Cadillac to do, though.

In fact, they're still doing it at this point of the season.

Yes, yes, that's right.

And then we have Cadillac.

And oh boy, this was a painful weekend.

And in the case of Valtteri Bottas, literally painful.

And as for Checo, wow, that was a really big missed opportunity here.

Yeah, that was yet another front suspension failure.

And even though we've given Cadillac the benefit of the doubt for a while now, I feel like it's now the time for us to start thinking, Cadillac, you really need to sort out this car.

It brakes when it really shouldn't be braking.

And, you know, what do you think? Is he going to be on the grid for Brazil this week? Or is that it? And where does Ocon end up? Where does he end up? Has he done his reputation no good? And, you know, for the foreseeable future in different motorsport? Let's see.

All right, we've got to go to Cadillac again on another promotion.

And this one is based on Sergio Checo Perez.

How is that 300 Grand Prix, seventh driver to do it, and to be able to celebrate that at your home race? Now, one of the cool things...

about that is the support is super strong now even if he isn't essentially the worst team on the grid it's been a tough old season uh but he's you know out of both drivers he's he's performed pretty damn well he's definitely been the top driver over there at cadillac and now the rumblings around bottas's seat for 2027 are starting to heat up Now, we know he's contracted for 2027, so I guess there would have to be a buyout of some sort.

Now, Colton Herter did participate in FP1, and I believe he has enough super license points now through doing enough FP1 appearances to actually be on the grid next year if they wanted to go down that route.

Now, does Cadillac want that American driver? Now, the issue with Colton is, look, we know he's a good driver.

He's been a runner-up in IndyCar.

I

don't even know if a Cadillac has ever even ran 13th in a race.

Right.

I don't know.

Finalement, Max Verstappen qui lui profite de cette débandade de Ferrari pour aller chercher une victoire.

Lewis finit deuxième, peut remercier peut-être un petit peu Valtteri Bottas, qui, bien contre lui, a vu sa Cadillac se démonter sous ses yeux.

Avez-vous vu d'ailleurs le, le, l'instinct de Valtteri Bottas, son calcul lorsque, vous voyez la suspension avant gauche qui lâche, s'en va directement dans le mur, mais juste avant le contact, tu vois sur la caméra, juste avant le contact, lâche le volant pour éviter les, les, les fractures de poignet ou de main ou quoi que ce soit.

On a vu Lynn Blatt a fait exactement la même chose aussi dans son bord.