Bottas: Cadillac must fix reliability before chasing speed
Finnish driver calls out power unit supplier after three straight DNFs, demanding race finishes take priority over raw pace
Valtteri Bottas has delivered a blunt assessment of the Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber’s power unit supplier, Cadillac, after three consecutive Did Not Finishes forced him out of races. The 34-year-old Finn insists the team’s immediate priority must shift from chasing lap-time gains to solving fundamental reliability flaws. “Finishing races is the only thing that matters right now,” Bottas said.
” The reliability crisis has already cost Sauber dearly. retired from the last three events—Monaco, Barcelona, and Montreal—due to power unit failures, leaving the team scoreless in those rounds. The pattern has exposed critical weaknesses in Cadillac’s current F1 power unit, which was introduced at the start of the season as part of Sauber’s long-term partnership ahead of Audi’s full takeover in 2026.
