The United States will have a second team competing in Formula 1 from 2026, when Cadillac Formula 1 will join the sport as its 11th team. The result is a complete 180 for the sport's owner, which was highly resistant to the initial bid, first announced at the beginning of 2023.

General Motors plans to enter Formula One with its Cadillac brand in 2026 after announcing on Monday an agreement in principle with the Liberty Media-owned sport.

After what has felt like an eternity of drama, an American-based team will join the F1 grid starting in 2026. It was announced on Monday that General Motors and the FIA have reached an understanding for a Cadillac-branded team to join the grid in 2026, without the Andretti name at the time of writing.

Formula One announced Monday that “an agreement in principle” has been reached “with General Motors to support bringing GM/Cadillac” to the grid as the sport’s 11th team in 2026. “We’re excited to partner with General Motors in bringing a dynamic presence to Formula 1 ,

Formula One has reached an agreement in principle with General Motors to support GM/Cadillac becoming the sport's 11th team in 2026, it announced on Monday. Liberty Media-owned F1 said it had maintained a dialogue with General Motors,

The decision follows F1 rejecting Andretti Global's earlier bid to be the 11th team. GM pledges an American-made engine.

General Motors will become the 11th team on the Formula One grid for the 2026 season after agreeing a deal in principle with the sport's owners Liberty Media. The US carmaker plans to enter its Cadillac brand and said it had also registered with the governing FIA as a power unit manufacturer to become a full works outfit by the end of the decade.

Cadillac is set to join the Formula 1 grid as the 11th team from 2026. F1 has confirmed it has reached an agreement “in principle” with General Motors (GM) to support bringing GM-owned Cadillac to the championship.