“I spoke to some people from Cadillac on the way home, and they were absolutely gutted by what happened with Bottas’ brakes in Budapest. They thought they had solved the problem, and now the attitude is: ‘No, we need to get right to the bottom of this. This is unacceptable.’ They are not thinking, ‘We’re a new team, so cut us some slack.’ They are thinking, ‘No, we need to roll our sleeves up and fix it.’”
🇬🇧 Cadillac team principal Graeme Lowdon has also outlined the philosophy behind the team’s long-term push towards the front of Formula 1:
“We want this to be the team that everybody wants to join, that people are proud to be part of and want to stay in. If we can achieve that, we will attract the best people, build the best team, and the results will follow.”
Cadillac has already demonstrated what Lowdon describes as bold ambition and a constant desire to improve. Red Bull chief engineer Paul Monaghan is set to join the project, and Lowdon believes that building the right environment will help attract more top-level talent:
“People like being part of something new and taking on a big challenge. We are building a high-performance environment, and that is the foundation of the best teams in the world.”
As for Formula 1’s cost cap, Lowdon is unfazed:
“I’ve spent my entire career working with constrained budgets, whether through regulations or simply the funding available. That is how 99% of motorsport operates. With unlimited resources, it becomes a completely different game.”
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