F1 and the FIA have confirmed that Cadillac’s entry within the 2026 world championship has been formally accepted.
A short assertion issued right now, one week earlier than the 2025 season will get underway, learn: “The FIA and Components 1 can verify that, following the completion of their respective sporting, technical and business assessments, the appliance by Normal Motors and TWG Motorsports to carry a Cadillac workforce to the FIA Components One World Championship from 2026 has been accepted.”
In a subsequent social media submit the game’s governing physique was eager to level out that the 3D render of the American workforce’s automotive was “unofficial and never affiliated with Cadillac or Normal Motors”
Immediately marks a transformative second, and I’m proud to steer the Federation on this progressive step for the championship,” stated Mohammed Ben Sulayem.
“The FIA Components One Championship’s growth to an eleventh workforce in 2026 is a milestone. GM/Cadillac brings recent power, aligning with the brand new FIA 2026 rules and ushering in an thrilling period for the game.
“The Cadillac Components 1 Group’s presence within the paddock will encourage future opponents and followers. Their entry strengthens our mission to push motorsport’s boundaries on the highest stage.”
The combination between TWG Motorsports and GM creates a distinctly American workforce with distinctive attributes. TWG Group’s sources and dedication to excellence, innovative expertise and deep collaboration throughout motorsport disciplines mixed with GM’s efficiency DNA, engineering excellence and confirmed success in motorsports gives a robust basis for the workforce.
“For the previous 12 months, we now have labored hand in hand with GM to put a sturdy basis for a rare Components 1 entry,” stated Dan Towriss, CEO of TWG Motorsports. “Now, with 2026 in our sights after right now’s last approval from the FIA and Components One Administration, we’re accelerating our efforts – increasing our services, refining cutting-edge applied sciences, and persevering with to assemble top-tier expertise.”
“We’re thrilled the Cadillac Components 1 Group is official, because the workforce has been accelerating its work,” added GM President Mark Reuss. “We’re extremely grateful for the assist from the FIA and Components One Administration management for us and for our collaboration with TWG. The joy solely grows as we get nearer to showcasing GM’s engineering experience on the distinguished world stage of F1.”
This announcement follows affirmation that long-time motorsports and Components 1 workforce government Graeme Lowdon will function workforce principal. Trade veteran Russ O’Blenes has been named CEO of TWG GM Efficiency Energy Items LLC, a brand new firm that can, in line with GM, “put Cadillac on the longer term path to being a ‘full works’ workforce, constructing Components 1 chassis and energy items.
“I could not be extra pleased with the trouble put in by your entire workforce,” stated Lowdon. “This announcement is the subsequent step in getting on the grid and continues our efforts in the direction of constructing a full-works workforce. By the lengthy and thorough utility course of, we now have by no means misplaced tempo in our planning or our perception within the mission. We won’t wait to go racing and provides followers a brand new workforce to cheer for.
“Ongoing preparation and improvement of our energy unit continues, and we have been working onerous to rent some prime tier expertise,” stated O’Blenes. “As we proceed so as to add extra skilled engineering personnel, we stay up for working our first V6 within the close to future.”
For the reason that bid to affix Components 1 was introduced in January 2023, TWG Motorsports has assembled a workforce of over 300 folks engaged on aerodynamics, chassis and element improvement, software program and automobile dynamics simulation.
Improvement work to affix the grid in 2026 has continued at tempo with operational wind-tunnel fashions, components manufacturing and efficiency testing strongly underway. The workforce has operations in Indianapolis, Indiana; Charlotte, North Carolina; Warren, Michigan; and Silverstone.
