Sergio Perez is again behind the wheel of a Formulation 1 automobile for the primary time in practically a yr for a two-day testing of earlier automobile (TPC) outing as Cadillac ramps up preparations for 2026.
Cadillac doesn’t have a automobile 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 group members on various programs in addition to perform race weekend simulations, with Perez driving for the primary time since his last outing for Purple Bull in December 2024.
“I feel 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 aspect, I need to see how a lot I’ve misplaced, the place I have to work on. It’ll give me an excellent information for the winter, to have the ability to give attention to that stuff.
“Additionally it is an opportunity to start out working along with the group, 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 fairly than the standard Ferrari pink, with the FIA in attendance to make sure compliance as is normal with TPC operating. Cadillac is proscribed within the information and telemetry it may well retrieve from the automobile, with a give attention to 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 technology Formulation 2 automobile at Monza forward of his transfer into the class in 2026.
