Overview
- Cadillac confirmed Wednesday that Colton Herta will take Valtteri Bottas’s MAC-26 for the opening practice session at the Hungaroring.
- This will be Herta’s second FP1 appearance for the team, coming six weeks after he debuted on a grand prix weekend in Sergio Perez’s car at Barcelona.
- Herta will combine the FP1 run with his ongoing Formula 2 campaign for Hitech and is tasked with providing detailed feedback to help evolve the MAC-26.
- Both Bottas and Perez still must miss one more FP1 each later in the season, creating further chances for Herta or other reserve drivers to collect practice data for Cadillac.
- Cadillac arrives in Hungary without a championship point after the opening rounds, and the team sees rookie FP1 sessions as a practical way to test upgrades, refine race setups, and accelerate performance gains for its debut F1 campaign.