Cadillac Have Ferrari's Engine. So Why Are They Last?

Cadillac use the same engine as Ferrari and Haas, and they're last in F1. So I went through every qualifying lap they've done in 2026, laid each one over the car just ahead, and added up where the time actually goes. It isn't where everyone's looking. Where do you think Cadillac lose the most time? 👇 CHAPTERS 0:00 Is it the engine? 0:26 How far off are they really? 0:52 Lap against lap 1:07 The straights 1:45 The slow corners 2:01 The quicker corners 2:21 Is it the drivers? 2:45 Where grip comes from 3:12 The straight-line paradox 3:53 What Bottas said in March 4:08 Has it got better? 4:37 Where the next step is 4:57 What a point takes 5:41 Austin this weekend 6:35 So, is it the engine? If you're watching in the YouTube app, tap Hype under the video. It's free and it's how a small channel gets found. FOOTAGE Cadillac Formula 1 Team: SHAKEDOWN | Crews Control Episode 1, 2026 Livery Reveal, Cadillac Formula 1 Team Has Arrived. Shown in short clips with on-screen credit. PHOTOS (Wikimedia Commons) 2026 Chinese GP – Cadillac MAC-26 / Valtteri Bottas qualifying / Sergio Perez FP1 — Liauzh, CC BY 4.0 FIA F1 Austria 2026 Nr. 11 Perez, Nr. 77 Bottas — Lukas Raich, CC BY-SA 4.0 Sergio Perez 2026 Italian Grand Prix qualifying — Eustace Bagge, CC BY 4.0 Cadillac at the 2026 Australian GP (028A7895), Cadillac MAC-26 of Sergio Pérez (028A8062), Valtteri Bottas at the 2026 Adelaide Motorsport Festival (028A7556, 028A7567, 028A7580) — Yu Chu Chin, CC BY-SA 4.0 Main straight and turn 1 hill, Circuit of the Americas — Lars Plougmann, CC BY-SA 2.0 Circuit of the Americas – Main Straight — Steve from Austin, TX, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 Circuit of the Americas Ess Curves Aerial, June 2015 — formulanone, CC BY-SA 2.0 Circuit of the Americas Aerial, July 2015 — Formulanone, CC BY-SA 4.0 Circuit of the Americas, Austin, TX — pedrik, CC BY 2.0 Licences: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 · by-sa/4.0 · by/2.0 · by-sa/2.0 HOW THIS VIDEO WAS MADE Data: official F1 timing via FastF1, every 2026 qualifying session, analysed in-house. Visuals and charts built in code. Script drafted with AI from my direction and checked against the data. Bottas quote: after Melbourne qualifying, via motorsport.com. #F1 #Cadillac #AustinGP #USGP #F12026 #Bottas #Perez