Cadillac dismisses team principal Lowdon, appoints Budkowski

Cadillac F1 CEO Dan Towriss says he spent the past months trying to identify a new team principal to replace Graeme Lowdon, as he felt a transition was required for the team’s next phase of development.Lowdon was unexpectedly replaced by Marcin Budkowski on Wednesday, Cadillac instead hiring the former Alpine...

Earlier this week, Cadillac replaced Graeme Lowdon with Marcin Budkowski, who will take over as the American outfit's team principal. In the latest episode of GPblog's F1 Paddock Update, Ben Hunt and Jim Kimberley discuss whether that was really the right decision.

Graeme Lowdon was dismissed as Cadillac’s team principal, partly due to the team’s rate of progress. GPblog analysis if the surprise decision was justified… Upon Marcin Budkowski’s unveiling as the American squad’s new team principal, CEO Dan Towriss stated that he and Lowdon parted ways as friends and that it had always been the plan for him to be replaced.

More than a week before the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort, the Formula 1 world was abruptly awakened from its summer break. At 3pm UK time, Cadillac decided the time was right to make a shock announcement: Graeme Lowdon had been replaced as team principal with immediate effect by Marcin Budkowski. Two elements of that news are not particularly strange in themselves. For many in the paddock ...Keep reading

More than a week before the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort, the Formula 1 world was abruptly awakened from its summer break. At 3pm UK time, Cadillac decided the time was right to make a shock announcement: Graeme Lowdon had been replaced as team principal with immediate effect by Marcin Budkowski. Two elements of that news are not particularly strange in themselves. For many in the paddock ...Keep reading

Graeme Lowdon has been replaced by Marcin Budkowski after a pointless season so far

The Cadillac Formula 1 outfit has confirmed that Graeme Lowdon’s dismissal as its team principal “wasn’t a mutual decision” - adding he was only told on the morning. Cadillac made a shock announcement on Wednesday that Lowdon had been replaced by ex-Alpine executive director Marcin Budkowski for the rest of the 2026 campaign and beyond. It came during the summer shutdown of the ...Keep reading

Lowdon was only told about the forthcoming announcement on the morning of it happening

Cadillac have opted to replace Graeme Lowdon as Team Principal, with former Alpine Executive Director Marcin Budkowski joining the US outfit.

Cadillac have sacked team principal Graeme Lowdon and replaced him with Marcin Budkowski in what Formula 1's 2026 newcomers claim is a "planned leadership transition".

A week before Formula 1’s return to action in Zandvoort, Cadillac provided the unexpected news of the sport’s summer break by removing Graeme Lowdon as team principal and replacing him with former Alpine chief Marcin Budkowski.