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Payne: Ford v Cadillac F1 rivalry takes center stage at auto show
Posted by Talbot Payne on January 21, 2026
Detroit — Oh, it’s so on.
A wheel hasn’t been turned on the race track yet but crosstown Motor City rivals Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. are already knocking heads in their maiden Formula One year.
Ford dominated Detroit Auto Show media events last week with its Ford Racing Season Launch at Michigan Central. The glitzy event saw a stream of Ford motorsports drivers from NASCAR to the IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Series to Baja 1000 to Formula One. The gathering opened the opportunity for the brand to make a string of performance announcements including the Bronco RTR (shown by drifting champ Vaughn Gittin Jr.) to the Mustang Dark Horse SC to the livery of the Red Bull-Ford Formula One car (introduced by Red Bull F1 ace driver Max Verstappen).
But not before the General stole the spotlight on Tuesday at its new Hudson’s Detroit headquarters by pulling the wraps off its Cadillac Formula One car.
Henry Payne, The Detroit News