There’s growing hypothesis that Valtteri Bottas will likely be introduced as a Cadillac driver over the Italian Grand Prix weekend.
With little real information to report through the shutdown as a result of the factories are shut down – it is within the identify – the groups’ and drivers’ social media admins have resorted to ever growing banalities in an effort to preserve the brand new followers engaged, Charles’ Leclerc’s taking the chance to advertise his ice cream together with an vitality drink and whisky that he endorses.
Nonetheless, during the last 48 hours there was growing exercise referring to Cadillac and Bottas, although neither have commented on the scenario.
The Finn has been frequently linked with the Cadillac drive, as has Sergio Perez, and with the American staff insisting that it’s searching for expertise to start out with one can be laborious pressed to discover a higher line-up.
Final month, staff boss Graeme Lowdon insisted that “nothing is set”, this coming at a time Bottas posted a cryptic social media submit during which he eyed the seat in a Cadillac SUV.
Nonetheless, there has additionally been speak of one of many seats going to a less-established driver, one with only a season or two behind him, which has led to hypothesis over Mick Schumacher and Guanyu Zhou, certainly the German admits to having held talks with the staff.
Then there may be Brazil’s Felipe Drugovich, who has the backing of Fernando Alonso, whereas there may be additionally Jak Crawford, who has the profit not solely of being an American, however has hyperlinks to the brand new staff having been a reserve driver for the Andretti Formulation E staff, which, like Cadillac, is owned by the TWG organisation.
With Cadillac set to initially use Ferrari engines, an announcement at Monza would make sense.
Sarcastically, if he does get the gig, Bottas’ debut race for Cadillac would see him with a 5-place grid penalty, the results of his conflict with Kevin Magnussen in Abu Dhabi final 12 months.
