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Valtteri Bottas lifts lid on Cadillac timeline and emotional start: "People were crying"

Valtteri Bottas has revealed that his talks with the Cadillac Formula 1 team started more than three years ago, as he offered an update on the outfit as Bahrain testing for the 2026 season starts today. 

Bottas was confirmed to be part of Cadillac's line-up alongside former Red Bull driver Sergio Perez for the squad's first season in the championship. But while its arrival on the grid wasn't always a sure thing with the original Andretti name being denied access, conversations have been flowing between the Finn and the team for over three years. 

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