Fittipaldi reflects on his role at Cadillac

By Balazs Szabo on 27 Dec 2025, 02:00

Forward of its debut season in Components One, Cadillac added Pietro Fittipaldi as a developmental driver, with the Brazilian confirming the information on social media within the last leg of the 2025 season.

Cadillac’s preparations for its 2026 Components 1 debut have taken one other step ahead with the signing of Pietro Fittipaldi as a simulator driver, strengthening the American producer’s rising technical roster.

Fittipaldi, who beforehand served as Haas’s take a look at and reserve driver, brings invaluable expertise to the programme. He notably substituted for Romain Grosjean on the 2020 Sakhir and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix following the Frenchman’s fiery accident in Bahrain, giving him two race begins and intensive trendy‑period F1 mileage.

The Brazilian‑American confirmed the information on social media, calling the chance “a privilege” and expressing satisfaction in becoming a member of what he described as an “iconic” model.

“I’m very proud to lastly share that I’ve joined the Cadillac F1 Workforce,” Fittipaldi famous. “We now have been working collectively on the event of the crew’s 2026 F1 automobile. As a sim driver, along with my crew‑mates, we have now been doing intensive simulator testing and full race‑weekend simulations to organize for subsequent season.”

Cadillac additionally launched footage of Sergio Pérez — who will race for the crew in 2026 alongside Valtteri Bottas — working within the GM Motorsports simulator. The caption famous that the Mexican driver has been “preserving sharp” alongside Fittipaldi and fellow simulator drivers Simon Pagenaud and Charlie Eastwood.

The addition of Fittipaldi follows Cadillac’s current signing of IndyCar star Colton Herta as a take a look at driver, signalling the crew’s intent to construct a deep and skilled improvement group forward of its first season underneath the brand new 2026 rules.