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Cadillac F1 Mulls Dropping Bottas After Pointless Start

5/28/2026

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Bottas Facing Dismissal

U.S. Cadillac Formula 1 team is considering dropping Valtteri Bottas after five races of the 2026 season.
Bottas and teammate Sergio Perez have failed to score any points in the first five races of the 2026 season.
Perez leads their head-to-head qualifying record 3-2 after the Canadian Grand Prix.
Cadillac spokesperson refuted reports from Sky Italia and BILD that Bottas’s lack of performance could cost him his seat.

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Perez Demands Fixes

Sergio Perez said operational flaws limit his performance and urged swift fixes before the European races.
Valtteri Bottas called his task problem solving, using past team experience to debug the car’s balance.
Both drivers said the team is moving from merely settling in to actively chasing performance gains.
Cadillac will market the CT5-V Blackwing F1 Collector’s Series through its F1 exposure, which Bottas called “mad.”

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Bottas Facing Dismissal

U.S. Cadillac Formula 1 team is considering dropping Valtteri Bottas after five races of the 2026 season.
Bottas and teammate Sergio Perez have failed to score any points in the first five races of the 2026 season.
Perez leads their head-to-head qualifying record 3-2 after the Canadian Grand Prix.
Cadillac spokesperson refuted reports from Sky Italia and BILD that Bottas’s lack of performance could cost him his seat.

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