Listen to this articleMexican F1 driver Sergio Perez after announcing he was signing with the Cadillac team. (Photo: Reuters)LONDON - Formula One newcomers Cadillac had hoped to be a team everybody would want to ‌join, but even they have been surprised by the response. ​Staff numbers are building up as the General Motors-backed outfit prepare to take to the track with rivals for the first time in a shakedown test at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya from Monday. "In that time we had 143,265 applications, all of which had to be acknowledged," he said at last week's Autosport Business Exchange conference. "Building that whole team spirit and way of working, it's not straightforward.

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