Cadillac has replaced Graeme Lowdon with Marcin Budkowski as Team Principal, shifting from build mode to battle mode. Budkowski, Alpine's Executive Director until 2022, brings two decades across Ferrari, McLaren, and the FIA to a team entering the second half of its maiden F1 season.
CEO Dan Towriss framed the move as Cadillac's evolution into "the next stage of racing performance"—translation: the honeymoon's over. Budkowski's mandate is surgical: maximize development within the cost cap, tighten race-day execution, build a "winning mindset" in a squad assembled from scratch. Lowdon handled the build-up phase; Budkowski inherits the hard part.
He takes the reins at Zandvoort next weekend. For American fans watching Cadillac navigate its rookie year, the hire is a bet on experience over continuity. Whether a seasoned Alpine hand can push the American squad up the order is the test ahead.
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