There is a lot of talk about Cadillac and who would be in their driver lineup. Most are suggesting that Checo Perez is the strong favourite to fill one seat, and the other seat is unclear. Even so, there are lots of debates about whether Perez is the right choice. There are many who have given their thumbs-up to this, there are others who think Bottas is a better option. So which is it? Let us have a chinwag on this topic.

Perez has the advantage that he can impact the sales for Cardillac cars in the wider Americas due to his unmatched popularity in the Americas [Outside the USA that is]. He is a race winner who has beaten Verstappen in the same car before he was left out of the design equation at Redbull. His experience with Force India, working with a new team evolving into a points-winning team before it was sold, would be crucially beneficial to Cadillac. As a previous race winner with two teams, he has what it takes to drive the car close to its full potential.

Downside was his miserable years at Redbull where his performance suffered greatly from his inability to find a way to make that car work for him. The showing of Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda has vindicated him somewhat, but the damage is done and will always leave a question mark in the mind of many.

Bottas on the other hand has an even richer credential when it comes to performancde and potential. He has the speed and Mercedes experience to help develoop the car into a proper points scoring car. Better still, he has the potential to make the car a championship challenging car.

Downside; unlike Perez, he doesn't come with any big sponsorship, nor can he impact the sales of Cardillac cars which are not sold in Europe. Even if Cadillac wants to move into the European market, Bottas does not have the popularity and presence to facilitate such a project.

The other potentiual candidate is Ricciado who well liked in the USA. Unfortunately, Ricciado has both ther downsides of Perez and Bottas. His poor performance at McLaren and Torro Rosso where he has been dropped for rookies to take his place makes him the leastlikely. to fill that seat.

That said, this is one man's view on things, how do youu see it?