凯迪拉克公布F1引擎工厂启用日期，感谢车手耐心等待
凯迪拉克宣布其位于北卡罗来纳州夏洛特的F1引擎工厂将于12月18日启用。通用汽车已于2025年获得国际汽联批准，将从2029赛季起成为动力单元供应商。
凯迪拉克公布F1引擎工厂启用日期，感谢车手耐心等待
位于夏洛特的动力单元工厂将于圣诞节前启用
通用汽车总裁马克·罗伊斯在巴塞罗那展示凯迪拉克一次性试车用的F1涂装
凯迪拉克宣布其F1引擎工厂将于12月18日启用。
通用汽车于2025年获得国际汽联批准，将从2029赛季起成为动力单元供应商，因此在该制造商位于北卡罗来纳州夏洛特的基地建设了新的F1发动机设施。
“我们将在12月18日于北卡罗来纳州夏洛特全面启用我们的整个发动机工厂，”通用汽车总裁马克·罗伊斯在纽约举行的Autosport Business Exchange会议上宣布。“所以进展非常顺利。”
通用汽车现在还有几年时间来设计自己的动力单元，但时机可能并不理想——国际汽联主席穆罕默德·本·苏拉耶姆已承诺F1将在2031年前改回V8发动机——可能使用可持续燃料，并降低电力占比。在这种情况下，通用汽车的动力单元最多只能使用两个赛季，如果改换提前到2030年，则可能只有一个赛季。
与此同时，凯迪拉克正在使用客户版法拉利动力单元，而车队首个赛季迄今颇为艰难。它是2026年唯一尚未得分的车队，且MAC-26在最近四站排位赛中均为全场最慢。
“你知道，我们来这里不是为了垫底，所以我们必须坚持到底，打造这支车队，打造动力单元，打造赛车，就像我们在GTP中所做的那样，”罗伊斯说。“在这里需要更多时间，因为这是一个我们从未比赛过的地方。你必须找到合适的人、合适的工程师和合适的车手，我们必须真正启动这个进程，而且它是对数式的，不是线性的。”
老将塞尔吉奥·佩雷斯和瓦尔特利·博塔斯在这种情况下带来了宝贵的经验，但他们也录得了职业生涯最差的成绩。
“你不可能赢下每一场比赛——没有人能赢下每一场比赛——所以当这种情况发生时，当他们遇到不幸的一天，或者犯了错误时，他们会从那场比赛中走出来，完善自己的技艺——无论是赛车还是他们自己，或者他们的身体素质，或者无论那是什么——他们为那份完美而驾驶，”罗伊斯说。
“为我们参赛的这两位先生都做到了这一点，他们真正理解需要付出什么以及这个过程。说实话，我非常非常高兴他们对我们有耐心；那需要特别的人。”
英文原文
Cadillac reveals date for F1 engine factory debut, thanks drivers for being “patient”
Charlotte-based power unit plant set to open before Christmas
General Motors president Mark Reuss presents Cadillac's one-off shakedown F1 livery for Barcelona
Cadillac has revealed its Formula 1 engine factory will open on 18 December.
General Motors was approved by the FIA in 2025 as a power unit supplier from the 2029 season onwards, hence the construction of new F1 engine facilities at the manufacturer’s base in Charlotte, North Carolina.
“We're opening our whole engine factory, if you will, in Charlotte, North Carolina on 18 December,” General Motors president Mark Reuss announced in a conference at Autosport Business Exchange in New York. “So that's coming really well.”
General Motors now has another couple of years to design its own power unit, though the timing may be suboptimal – FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has committed to F1 switching back to V8 engines – potentially running on sustainable fuel with a smaller share of electric power – by 2031. In that case, GM’s powertrain would get two seasons in action at best, potentially just one if the switch is brought forward to 2030.
In the meantime, Cadillac is running customer Ferrari power units, and the team’s maiden season has been tricky thus far. It is the only outfit yet to score a point in 2026, and the MAC-26 has qualified slowest of all at the last four rounds.
“You know, we’re not here to finish last, so we’ve got to follow through and build this team, build the powertrain and build the car, like we did in GTP,” Reuss said. “That takes a little more time here, because this is a place where we've never raced. You’ve got to get the right people with the right engineers and the right drivers, and we’ve got to get that process really going, and it's logarithmic, it's not linear.”
Veterans Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas have been bringing invaluable experience in that context, but they have also been recording their worst career results.
“You can't win every race – no one can win every race – so when it happens, when they have a day that is unfortunate, or mistakes were made, they move on from that race and perfect their craft – whether it's with the car or themselves, or their physicality, or whatever that is – and they drive for that perfection,” Reuss said.
“Both of these gentlemen in the race for us do that, and they really understand what it takes and the process. I'm very, very happy that they're patient with us, to be honest; that takes a special person.”
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