Cadillac F1 team earns C‑grade mid‑season with no points

The US‑owned Cadillac Formula 1 team, entering the sport in 2026, sits 11th in the Constructors' Championship after eleven races, having scored zero points. The squad came close to its first point at the penalty‑heavy Monaco Grand Prix, where driver Sergio Pérez finished 11th.

Cadillac has suffered nine retirements, the second‑most on the grid, due to reliability problems such as overheating brakes in Austria that re‑appeared in Hungary. Despite these setbacks, the team has delivered a steady flow of upgrades to its MAC‑26 chassis, named after Mario Andretti, and has kept its lap times roughly three seconds off the leaders.

Team principal Graeme Lowdon defends the progress as typical growing‑pain for a new entrant. Drivers Sergio Pérez and Valtteri Bottas, both veteran Grand Prix winners, were chosen to provide experience while General Motors plans to develop its own power unit from 2029 onward.