As May's Spanish Grand Prix gets underway, a team of around 60 engineers is manning the battle stations in mission control, keenly observing how its car is performing.
Except the car isn't on the Formula 1 grid in Barcelona. It's in a simulator in Charlotte, while the squad is divided into two ops rooms in North Carolina and Silverstone in the UK. This isn't your usual race support team. But Cadillac's race simulations are proving crucial to turning F1's 'ghost team' into a fully-fledged competitor in 2026.
