Cadillac fired team principal Graeme Lowdon on Wednesday morning, less than six months into F1's American expansion project. CEO Dan Towriss made the call himself and broke the news to Lowdon that same day—an abrupt end for the former Manor boss who'd been with Cadillac since the project's earliest days.
Marcin Budkowski takes over immediately, starting at Zandvoort. The Polish engineer spent years at Renault and Alpine before the broadcast booth, best known for his controversial 2017 jump from the FIA technical department straight to a team role—a move that had rivals crying foul.
Cadillac called it a "planned transition," but the timeline says otherwise. The team hasn't scored points, though the MAC-26 has occasionally outpaced Aston Martin. Development on this year's car is frozen; the real work is 2027. For GM's first F1 bet in decades, that's a long wait for results—and Towriss just signaled he won't wait quietly.
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