Cadillac is building F1's first purpose-built American team base, and it's massive. The 450,000-square-foot facility in Fishers, Indiana — Indianapolis suburbs — is under construction with a phased opening beginning next year. The simulator is already going in. Team principal Graeme Lowdon calls it "building the plane while flying it": the team operates from Silverstone and borrowed GM facilities while chasing its first Q2 appearance and maiden points. Meanwhile, the power unit operation rises in Charlotte, tapping GM's NASCAR heartland. Lowdon keeps a hard hat and steel-toed boots next to his desk for construction site visits. It's a huge swing for a winless team, but the American infrastructure play is deliberate — Indianapolis for racing heritage, Charlotte for GM's motorsport DNA, and a scale no other new entry has attempted. The challenge now is getting the on-track results to match the real estate ambition before patience runs thin.
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Cadillac is building F1's first purpose-built American team base, and it's massive. The 450,000-square-foot facility in Fishers, Indiana — Indianapolis suburbs — is under construction with a phased opening beginning next year. The simulator is already going in. Team principal Graeme Lowdon calls it "building the plane while flying it": the team operates from Silverstone and borrowed GM facilities while chasing its first Q2 appearance and maiden points. Meanwhile, the power unit operation rises in Charlotte, tapping GM's NASCAR heartland. Lowdon keeps a hard hat and steel-toed boots next to his desk for construction site visits. It's a huge swing for a winless team, but the American infrastructure play is deliberate — Indianapolis for racing heritage, Charlotte for GM's motorsport DNA, and a scale no other new entry has attempted. The challenge now is getting the on-track results to match the real estate ambition before patience runs thin.
