Cadillac F1 build in focus as BBC series tracks 2026

BBC Sport’s Cadillac F1 series follows the team’s factory build-up, car assembly and race simulation ahead of its first Formula 1 season in 2026.

BBC Sport has followed Cadillac’s early Formula 1 build-up in an episode series ahead of the team’s first season in 2026. Its coverage included a factory tour, the start of the 2026 car build in Episode 7 and a race simulation in Episode 4, while later episodes tracked the wider project around the new entry.

The series also featured Kimi Antonelli and Ollie Bearman, and BBC Sport reported in Episode 2 that Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez were making their comeback for Cadillac. Cadillac enters Formula 1 in 2026 for its first campaign, with no race wins or constructors’ titles to date.

Bottas adds experience to the programme with 256 Formula 1 entries, 10 wins, 19 poles and 67 podiums, although he is listed 22nd in the 2026 drivers' championship on 0 points. Motorsport.com also reported that Bottas, speaking to the Financial Times, said Cadillac’s facilities were better than Mercedes in his view; Mercedes has competed across 19 seasons to 2026 and won eight titles.