Former Haas team principal Guenther Steiner believes Cadillac should immediately abandon development on its maiden 2026 Formula 1 machinery and shift its resources towards the 2027 car.
Cadillac entered the championship at the start of 2026 with the experienced driver line-up of Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas.
While the team had not necessarily expected to be picking up points at this stage, it has encountered reliability issues. It currently sits 11th in the constructors' standings with no points.
After the American outfit announced that Graeme Lowdon had been replaced as team principal by Marcin Budkowski, Steiner explained that the next news he expects to get from the team is that it is now focusing on 2027.
"There were a lot of expectations created. If they had been last, fine, but they are so far off, they have no chance to be second-last," Steiner explained during an appearance on The Red Flags Podcast.
He added: "We will get an announcement that this season is over, let's focus on '27. There is no point doing anything for '26 anymore. Whatever you've got in the pipeline, do it, but then just focus on '27.
Sergio Pérez, Cadillac
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"I think that Marcin, when he gets in there, that's the first thing he will be doing. He will not try to make a new front wing for the race in Abu Dhabi. He doesn't care about it anymore because that train has gone or that ship has sailed."
Steiner argued that Cadillac's management arrived at the 2026 grid with inflated expectations.
"I think it's just like they thought it was easier and didn't believe anybody," the former Haas team principal said. "There are a lot of people who are not from F1, and they just think: 'OK, we do it, and why do all these people tell us it's difficult? We know better anyway.'"
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