
Ad Age Marketer's Brief · 2026-06-17 · 25 min
Formula 1's newest team is building more than a racing operation as it prepares for Silverstone - it's building a high-speed media company designed to keep fans engaged year-round. Cadillac F1 Chief Marketing Officer Ahmed Iqbal discusses why modern sports teams need to think like content creators, how Cadillac is approaching fan growth as a new entrant to the sport and what marketers can learn from one of the world's most engaged audiences. Dig deeper: How sports teams are using AI and fan data to rethink marketing Ford and GM are now competing in F1 - what it means for consumer marketing Inside Cadillac F1's moonshot Super Bowl ad and Apple partnership