Sergio Perez is again behind the wheel of a Formulation 1 automotive for the primary time in practically a yr for a two-day testing of earlier automotive (TPC) outing as Cadillac ramps up preparations for 2026.
Cadillac doesn’t have a automotive of its personal to check, however has reached an settlement with its energy unit provider Ferrari to have entry to a 2023-specification SF-23. The take a look at is happening at Imola and permits Cadillac the chance to coach its personal crew members on a variety of programs in addition to perform race weekend simulations, with Perez driving for the primary time since his closing outing for Pink Bull in December 2024.
“I believe it is nice to get the operating and in addition the timing works completely as a result of it is simply earlier than the January take a look at,” Perez advised the official Formulation 1 web site. “On these two days, on the bodily facet, I need to see how a lot I’ve misplaced, the place I must work on. It’s going to give me an excellent information for the winter, to have the ability to deal with that stuff.
“It’s also an opportunity to begin working along with the crew, with the engineers, with the mechanics and begin to communicate the identical language. It is positively a good time for us.”
The SF-23 is operating in an all-black livery somewhat than the same old Ferrari pink, with the FIA in attendance to make sure compliance as is customary with TPC operating. Cadillac is proscribed within the information and telemetry it may possibly retrieve from the automotive, with a deal with coaching each Perez and Valtteri Bottas’ crews forward of 2026.
Cadillac take a look at driver Colton Herta has additionally been driving in Italy earlier this month, though his take a look at was in a earlier era Formulation 2 automotive at Monza forward of his transfer into the class in 2026.
