Cadillac Formula Racing Limited(F1)

Why have a US base other than administrative etc. They are better off with this base for the tech etc. Logistically far more efficient.

Cadillac to run F1 2026 operation from Silverstone while US base under construction

--It will operate under an American licence with team bases on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, including a factory in Silverstone and a purpose-built headquarters in Fishers, Indianapolis.

But with the Indianapolis base not yet ready, Lowdon revealed the General Motors brand will mainly run its 2026 operation out of the UK facility which was unveiled to the media in June.
He told the Beyond the Grid podcast: “That [Fishers] is a nearly half million square foot development, brand new build just for Formula 1.

“It's going to have a whole bunch of things surrounding it as well, which I think will be very interesting for the fans.

“That's headquarters and the bulk of the car will be manufactured there over time. But again, you can't build a factory, we got an entry in March of this year, you can't build a factory, hire all the people, put all the machines in, and then manufacture components to Formula 1 standard, which is like aerospace standard, and be on the grid in Melbourne with that car.

 

I, for one, will be happy to see Checo back in an F1 car. And Bottas, too, I might add.

 

--The F1 marketing crews are getting more and more interest in the United States, which is good news for everyone. In a world driven by brands, one can get surprises from time to time. Cadillac recently signed a deal with “one of the most iconic names in American culture” the bourbon brand Jim Beam. It looked like a good fit, but when I was looking into the company I was interested to discover that it’s now owned by the Japanese food and beverage conglomerate Suntory Global Spirits.-- Joe Saward

 

Via Joe Saward - https://joesaward.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/green-notebook-from-viagrapore/

The news that Adam Baker is joining the Cadillac programme is interesting. He was previously at Audi, building up its engine programme. He was there for four years and the engines are now running on dynos and will start racing next year. If you look at that time scale, it is clear that GM is not very likely to make its deadline in 2029. This has never made an sense because the 2026 rules run until the end of 2030 and joining for the last couple of seasons is plain daft. The FIA President has been wildly keen on the GM F1 project from the very start and some saw him trying to change the engine rules early as being another way of helping out the US conglomerate. In any case, he was outvoted on that and so the rules cannot change until 2031.

F1 was never keen on the GM team and blocked the entry for a long time on the basis that the commercial rights holder always believed that it was not a full manufacturer effort but rather a billionaire investor dressing up in GM colours to try to get his hands on a lucrative entry. There is still no evidence that GM owns any shares in any of the activities of the new team, although it is billed as a joint venture. If GM owned shares in any of these companies they would have to declare anything above five percent with the Securities and Exchange Commission – and they have yet to do that. It is quite possible that there are agreements for GM to take a shareholding at some point if they want to. Until then it is free publicity for the Cadillac brand.

Still, there is no question that the team has money to spend and that its owner will probably one day sell and make a killing. Unless, of course, he falls in love with F1. This does happen. When Audi CEO Gernot Dollner was first appointed he was against the F1 programme but now he has become a race fan. He popped up in Singapore on a private visit (not the first time he has done this in the last few months).