Overview
- Cadillac replaced founding team principal Graeme Lowdon with Marcin Budkowski, a change announced on Thursday, August 20, 2026, after persistent reliability problems left the new squad scoreless.
- CEO Dan Towriss said the decision was his alone, and Budkowski arrived with a mandate to professionalise operations and speed up development work.
- Budkowski spent his first days inspecting the new Silverstone factory and arrived late to Zandvoort after travelling on the last flight from Britain, saying he will need weeks to form a full assessment.
- The new team chief has identified brake cooling and design and material choices as immediate priorities to stop retirements and reduce failures this season.
- Cadillac plans targeted fixes now but expects the main performance step to come from a reworked 2027 car, while drivers Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez express cautious support for the leadership change.