{"id":35849,"date":"2026-03-10T10:49:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=35849"},"modified":"2026-03-10T10:49:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:49:23","slug":"how-cadillac-f1-and-ford-fared-in-chaotic-formula-one-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/how-cadillac-f1-and-ford-fared-in-chaotic-formula-one-opener","title":{"rendered":"How Cadillac F1 and Ford fared in chaotic Formula One opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/03\/09\/PDTN\/89069582007-melbourne-gp-caddypostracepic.jpg?width=660&amp;height=440&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"The Cadillac F1 team marks its accomplishment in participating in its first F1 race Sunday, March 8, 2026, in Melbourne, Australia.\" width=\"533\" height=\"355\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"gnt_pg_img_cap\"><em>The Cadillac F1 team marks its accomplishment in participating in its first F1 race Sunday, March 8, 2026, in Melbourne, Australia.<\/em><\/div>\n<p><em>GM, GM<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Amid chaos, mission accomplished.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The green flag waved on a new era of Motor City motorsports in Melbourne, Australia, last weekend as Cadillac and Ford flew American manufacturer flags in the world\u2019s fastest, most-popular racing series, Formula One. One of two Cadillac F1 racers made it to the checkered flag and Ford\u2019s partnership with Red Bull Racing produced a competitive hybrid power unit with ace Max Verstappen driving through the field Sunday to take sixth place after a qualifying crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">But Verstappen\u2019s struggles were an indication that Formula One\u2019s new era of electrification is far from mission accomplished. \u201cChaos\u201d was the word of the weekend as teams struggled with new regulations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/autos\/2026\/03\/09\/how-cadillac-f1-and-ford-fared-in-controversial-series-opener\/89063497007\/\">Read full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cadillac F1 team marks its accomplishment in participating in its first F1 race Sunday, March 8, 2026, in Melbourne, Australia. GM, GM Amid chaos, mission accomplished. The green flag waved on a new era of Motor City motorsports in Melbourne, Australia, last weekend as Cadillac and Ford flew American manufacturer flags in the world\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,87],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35849"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35850,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35849\/revisions\/35850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}