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US car elephantine General Motors has reached an statement successful rule to participate Formula 1 successful 2026 with its Cadillac brand.
A connection connected Monday said that GM and its partner, the US radical TWG Global, had committed to sanction a caller squad aft GM's luxury Cadillac marque and to physique its ain motor "at a aboriginal time".
F1 said the exertion process would "move forward".
Greg Maffei, president and main enforcement serviceman of F1 commercialized rights holder Liberty Media, said: "With Formula 1's continued maturation plans successful the US, we person ever believed that welcoming an awesome US marque similar GM/Cadillac to the grid and GM arsenic a aboriginal powerfulness portion supplier could bring further worth and involvement to the sport.
"We recognition the enactment of General Motors and their partners with important advancement successful their readiness to participate Formula 1.
"We are excited to determination guardant with the exertion process for the GM/Cadillac squad to participate the Championship successful 2026."
Mohammed Ben Sulayem, the president of F1's governing assemblage the FIA, said: "General Motors is simply a immense planetary marque and powerhouse successful the OEM satellite and is moving with awesome partners.
"I americium afloat supportive of the efforts made by the FIA, Formula 1, GM and the squad to support dialog and enactment towards this result of an statement successful rule to advancement this exertion to bring a GM/Cadillac branded squad onto the grid for the 2026 FIA Formula One World Championship.
"All parties, including the FIA, volition proceed to enactment unneurotic to guarantee the process progresses smoothly."
More to follow.
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