Lessons carried forward

THE REALITY OF STARTING FROM: The easy part of Cadillac's Formula One project is over. Getting to the grid, securing the entry, assembling the personnel, and building the infrastructure across three continents have all been done. Now comes the harder task, one that has undone plenty of new teams before it, of turning that foundation into something competitive in a championship that rarely forgives inexperience.

Less than two years ago, this was still a nebulous idea rather than a functioning race team. By the time the lights went out in Melbourne to start the 2026 season, it had already become a global operation, stretching from Silverstone to Indianapolis to North Carolina, and pulling in staff from across the paddock to form something entirely new.

What that process would actually feel like, however, only became clear once it started, reports Xinhua.