- Search Cartoons
- Comic Archive
-
Payne
Store
Henry Payne RSS
Cadillac F1 names new boss at midseason break
Posted by Talbot Payne on August 14, 2026
Clive Rose, Getty Images
“We’re at this inflection point with the summer break,” said Towriss in a call with media Wednesday. “Cadillac has gone through this initial build phase . . . and now as we look at the development phase, there’s a real opportunity here to build something new. We’re delighted to welcome Martin to Cadillac Formula One (and) excited about what he brings to the table. This is the perfect time to make (a leadership) change as we go into the second half of our inaugural season (and) as we start to think about building the 2027 car.”
Budkowski replaces Graham Lowden, who did yeoman’s work to get the F1 field’s 11th team to grid in just 10 months after Cadillac received approval to race in 2025.
Budkowski joins the team with more than two decades of F1 management experience, including senior roles with Ferrari, McLaren and Formula One’s FIA organizing body. His most recent role was with Renault/Alpine — another relatively new F1 team that joined the grid in 2021 — where he led the team’s transition as executive director and board member.
“From the beginning, our goal has not been simply to participate in Formula 1, but to build a next-generation team capable of competing at the very front,” said Towriss.
After 11 grand prix, the team is stuck at the back of the field. Progress demanded more urgency when Aston Martin — which had been mired at the back of the fields with the two team Cadillacs — made big strides at the last Hungarian Grand Prix, leap-frogging Cadillac F1 into mid-field contention with a 12th and 13th place showing.
Both Cadillac’s meanwhile, failed to finish, the latest in a concerning bout of unreliability to go with the team’s lack of pace.