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Inside Cadillac F1's next steps: Crash tests, staff recruitment and drivers

At a glitzy event held in Miami, the Cadillac Formula 1 team unveiled the squad’s logo in true American style before a large group of guests, including the team's top management, potential sponsors and many VIPs. Behind that eye-catching facade is a project that is taking shape in a real race against time.

More than two years have passed since the Andretti Global team first officially applied to enter F1, and a lot of water has passed under the imaginary bridge connecting Europe and the United States since then. The events leading up to the entry of General Motors (which will use the Cadillac brand) into F1 were thorny, even going so far as to involve the U.S. Congress, and in such a climate investors were forced to put the programme on standby, a long wait that ended 7 March, the date on which the green light was officially lit.

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