New F1 team boss 'advancing talks' with star drivers

Cadillac's F1 team principal has insisted that fans shouldn't be worried that they haven't signed a single driver for 2026.

The American team will make their debut in the sport next year, becoming the 11th team in the sport, but have yet to name two key cogs in their machine.

But fans are growing increasingly frustrated to to find out who will be behind the wheel come lights out in Melbourne next March.

Speaking to Sky Sports F1 ahead of last weekend's British Grand Prix, Lowdon revealed that they won't have to wait much longer.

“The main focus up to now has been building the car," he admitted. "I think if we reach Melbourne and there was no car for a driver to drive then nobody would thank us at all.

“But that said, we are advancing discussions with a number of drivers… I would say watch this space.”

Lowdon addresses Bottas links

A host of big names have been linked with the vacant seats, including the likes of former Red Bull star Sergio Perez, while 10-time grands prix winner Valtteri Bottas' name continues to pop up.

The Finn, who is currently reserve driver at Mercedes after losing his Sauber seat at the end of 2024, has done little to play down the rumours.

Just last month, he posted a video of himself next to a Cadillac road car on social media and wrote: "Do we like this seat?"

When asked by Sky F1's Craig Slater if fans should read too much into the cheeky clip it, he responded: “Well, it shows he’s bought a Cadillac!”

The British businessman then discussed what the team are looking for in their first driver line-up, saying: “In terms of selecting drivers, there’s a real mix of skills.

“We’re very lucky at the minute, we’re out of synchronisation with the other teams at present, we’ve got a little bit of time and we can spend that time making sure that when we do announce the driver line-up, it will be the right one.

“We hope that the fans will be excited by it as well and hopefully excited by the fact that there’s a new team on the grid that they can follow.”

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