Cadillac fired team principal Graeme Lowdon mid-season, hours before announcing the move publicly, and replaced him with ex-Alpine exec Marcin Budkowski. CEO Dan Towriss called it his decision, not mutual — the kind of clean-out American owners specialize in when the roadmap shifts. Lowdon built the startup, got Cadillac functional and competitive enough to score points in its debut season, but Budkowski is the GM-approved choice to take it forward. He hasn't visited the Silverstone factory yet and fielded every question at his intro presser with "difficult for me to judge."
Budkowski's pitch is clear: General Motors money and motorsport-literate leadership, the opposite of his Renault stint where budget constraints strangled ambition. Towriss says the timing compressed to avoid destabilizing leaks, but the execution — no Lowdon quote, no graceful exit role — reads more ruthless than tactical. Cadillac is scaling fast. Whether Budkowski delivers a front-running American team or another midfield project with a Detroit badge depends on whether GM's checkbook stays open when the bills pile up.
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