Formula 1 could expand w♕ith a 12th team,🌠 the FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem claimed.

ꦬCadillac, backed by General Motors🦋, will become the 11th team from 2026 after a long-running saga.

But their anticipated entry might not be the end of F1’s expansion.

Ben Sulayem was asked by  abo🧔ut a 12th 🎀team and replied: "Why not?

"It's about doing thꦕe right thing. So wh♒y do we have an option of 12 if we are going to say no, no, no?

"With me it is very clear i🐼t is a win for everyone with the 11th team."

Cadillac to enter F1 in 2026

Michael Andretti’s project to get Andretti Global onto the F1 💦grid fell flat, when the 𝔉existing teams pushed back. That is despite the FIA’s welcome.

Andretti stepped back from 𝔉his senior role and the door remained ajar to General Motors.

A Cadillac-fronted project has now been accepted by the 10 curren🌄t teams, although some bosses at the Qatar Grand Prix stressed the need for fairness when it comes to diluting the prize pot.

General Motors leap over hurdles

Ben Sulayem explained to Reuters how General Moto♒rs “ticked the boxes” to gain entry.

"[FIA CEO Stefano Domenicali] said 'we need an OEꦇ💎M, not just an extra team’.

“So they disappeared for a few months and they came back with an OEM🔜."

General𝓡 Mo♛tors then came up with a solution to a power unit issue.

They plan to become a full works t🅷eam by the end of this decade.