55 mins. ago
Valtteri Bottas admits the team principal change at Cadillac F1 was bigger change than the changes he expected, in first response.
Over the summer break, Cadillac F1 announced the arrival of Marcin Budkowski as its new team principal in place of Graeme Lowdon. The transition was on expected lines as per TWG Motorsports' Dan Towriss, but he agreed that it happened earlier than what was penned to happen.
He saw the right opportunity to bring in Budkowski, whose technical experience made the difference. There is a communication problem between the factory and trackside, which Towriss hopes can be filled by the experience of the Pole, who has been part of Alpine and also the FIA in the past.
For Cadillac F1 driver Bottas, the news came as a surprise. The Finn reckons it is a big change in the middle of the season, a change which he probably didn't see coming. But he respects the decision taken by Towriss and welcomes Budkowski, whom he doesn't know yet.
He also has praise for the work done by Lowdon, to built Cadillac F1 team from scratch. "I think a big change like this in the middle of the season is always initially surprising," said Bottas to media at Dutch GP. "But then speaking with Dan, etc, explained to me all the reasons why this change and I respect that.
#team #lowdon #expected
Over the summer break, Cadillac F1 announced the arrival of Marcin Budkowski as its new team principal in place of Graeme Lowdon. The transition was on expected lines as per TWG Motorsports' Dan Towriss, but he agreed that it happened earlier than what was penned to happen.
He saw the right opportunity to bring in Budkowski, whose technical experience made the difference. There is a communication problem between the factory and trackside, which Towriss hopes can be filled by the experience of the Pole, who has been part of Alpine and also the FIA in the past.
For Cadillac F1 driver Bottas, the news came as a surprise. The Finn reckons it is a big change in the middle of the season, a change which he probably didn't see coming. But he respects the decision taken by Towriss and welcomes Budkowski, whom he doesn't know yet.
He also has praise for the work done by Lowdon, to built Cadillac F1 team from scratch. "I think a big change like this in the middle of the season is always initially surprising," said Bottas to media at Dutch GP. "But then speaking with Dan, etc, explained to me all the reasons why this change and I respect that.
#team #lowdon #expected
3 days ago
Cadillac surprised everyone after ending terms with Graeme Lowdon after the first half of F1 2026, as Dan Towriss explains the reasoning behind it.
With the F1 circus getting back into race mode post the summer break, Cadillac kick-started the news cycle by announcing the departure of team principal Lowdon and replacing him with Marcin Budkowski. The news came as a surprise considering that it's been only half a season in American outfit's first full season.
Former Manor boss Lowdon returned to the F1 grid with Cadillac, as he joined the American outfit even before they were confirmed to make it as the 11th team on the grid. He did the big job of getting everyone together as one team – including the drivers – and start the journey in the winter test to the first half of 2026.
Although the results haven't come by for them thus far, with reliability issues popping up at most rounds, Lowdon did a fair job operationally at trackside. While there has been communication issues from factory to track, but it is part of a problem that any new F1 team would face in its first season.
TWG Motorsports' Dan Towriss acknowledged the work done by Lowdon in getting everything together, but noted that it was always the plan to find a F1 team principal in long-term, especially someone who is from technical background. The American said that there were conversations about a potential transition, just that the timing wasn't fixed.
#team #cadillac #american
With the F1 circus getting back into race mode post the summer break, Cadillac kick-started the news cycle by announcing the departure of team principal Lowdon and replacing him with Marcin Budkowski. The news came as a surprise considering that it's been only half a season in American outfit's first full season.
Former Manor boss Lowdon returned to the F1 grid with Cadillac, as he joined the American outfit even before they were confirmed to make it as the 11th team on the grid. He did the big job of getting everyone together as one team – including the drivers – and start the journey in the winter test to the first half of 2026.
Although the results haven't come by for them thus far, with reliability issues popping up at most rounds, Lowdon did a fair job operationally at trackside. While there has been communication issues from factory to track, but it is part of a problem that any new F1 team would face in its first season.
TWG Motorsports' Dan Towriss acknowledged the work done by Lowdon in getting everything together, but noted that it was always the plan to find a F1 team principal in long-term, especially someone who is from technical background. The American said that there were conversations about a potential transition, just that the timing wasn't fixed.
#team #cadillac #american
2 months ago
MONACO (AP) — Cadillac's team principal hailed an "incredible testament to the resolve of the team" as Formula 1's newest constructor came close to an elusive first point, only to lose it to a penalty.
Sergio Pérez finished strongly at the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday to cross the line in 10th but was ****** ped down to 15th after the race when he was ruled to have false-started when the race resumed after an earlier suspension.
Pérez had a wheel outside his grid box at the restart, his second false start of the race after lining up in the wrong spot at the original race start.
"To finish 10th on the road is an incredible testament to the resolve of the team to keep fighting until the end," team principal Graeme Lowdon said in a statement.
"After the red flag restart, Checo (Pérez) drove fantastically well to make up several positions on the road — it was a real shame that the penalty dropped us back as he fought like he was going for the win."
Sergio Pérez finished strongly at the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday to cross the line in 10th but was ****** ped down to 15th after the race when he was ruled to have false-started when the race resumed after an earlier suspension.
Pérez had a wheel outside his grid box at the restart, his second false start of the race after lining up in the wrong spot at the original race start.
"To finish 10th on the road is an incredible testament to the resolve of the team to keep fighting until the end," team principal Graeme Lowdon said in a statement.
"After the red flag restart, Checo (Pérez) drove fantastically well to make up several positions on the road — it was a real shame that the penalty dropped us back as he fought like he was going for the win."
