Overview
- Cadillac announced Wednesday that Marcin Budkowski will replace Graeme Lowdon as team principal with immediate effect, calling the change a planned leadership transition.
- Budkowski brings more than two decades of Formula 1 experience from roles at Prost, Ferrari, McLaren, the FIA and Renault/Alpine, which the team says suits his task of running on-track operations.
- Cadillac said his immediate mandate is to align people, tools and information so decisions are made faster and the car’s performance improves steadily.
- The move comes during Cadillac’s debut F1 season after the team reached the grid in March 2026 and, following 11 races, has yet to score constructors’ points while fielding drivers Sergio Pérez and Valtteri Bottas.
- Budkowski will make his competitive debut in charge at the Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort later this month, and the team says the longer-term goal is to build processes and structures that support sustained competitiveness.