PARIS.- The International Automobile Federation (FIA) and the Formula 1 They formalized this Friday through a statement the arrival of the General Motors/Cadillac F1 grill in 2026.
“The FIA and Formula 1 confirm that, after finishing their respective sports, technical and commercial evaluations, the candidacy of General Motors to register the Cadillac team in the F1 World Cup from the 2026 season has been approved,” said the organizers of the F1 World Cup in a joint bulletin.
The American team, which will have a Ferrari engine in 2026 and 2027 before producing its own power units since 2028, will thus become the eleventh team of the ‘Paddock’ of the F1.
At the end of November, the candidacy of General Motors had been validated by a “principle of agreement.”
The 2026 choice for its premiere is not accidental, since it will be then when the new technical regulation enters into force, which will impose very different engines and bodies to the current ones, which will open a new era in the queen competition of motor racing.
Neuer is out until the end of the month
Victim of a muscular tear in the right twin when he celebrated the goal of Jamal Musiala against Bayer Leverkusen (3-0) on Wednesday, Bayern Munich’s captain, Manuel Neuer, will be on the end until the end of March, said his coach Vincent Kompany on Friday.
“About Manu I will say that he will use the period to the international break to recover. But exactly I don’t know how long, if he will go faster or more slow,” said the Belgian coach on the eve of receiving Bochum in the Bundesliga.
On Wednesday, shortly after the second goal of Bayern scored in the 54th minute by Musiala, Neuer, 38, asked to leave while limping. Bayern won 3-0 in the round of the round of the Champions League.
The young Jonas Urbig, 21, debuted with Bayern Munich’s first team by replacing Neuer.
Solid leader of the Bundesliga, the Bayern disputes on Tuesday the round of eighth in Leverkusen and will travel to Berlin on Saturday to face the union in the Bundesliga. After the international matches (March 17-24), he will return to the championship against St Pauli on 29.
“This international week is good. It allows us not to miss many games,” added Kompany, which referred to the legend substitute.
“I don’t want to put much pressure on Jonas, he has played well and does it well in training. This will give him confidence,” he said about the goalkeeper signed in the January market from the colony.
