GM announces Lowdon as Cadillac F1 team principal

TWG International and Common Motors have introduced Graeme Lowdon as staff principal of the Cadillac System 1 programme forward of its entry in 2026.

The American model will be part of the grid for the brand new period of laws after a reworked bundle was introduced to F1 after over a 12 months of making an attempt to make it onto the scene – TWG CEO Dan Towriss largely accountable for the transforming of GM’s proposals after taking on on the helm of Andretti International from Michael Andretti.

Lowdon, who previously served as CEO for the Virgin/Marussia/Manor F1 outfit and likewise took the Manor title to the World Endurance Championship, has been given the staff principal position having helped lay the foundations of the championship’s eleventh staff.

“I’m really honoured to be appointed because the staff principal of this thrilling new staff and I want to thank everybody concerned for putting their belief in me,” mentioned Lowdon.

“I imagine that System 1 is the best staff sport on the earth, and groups are all about folks. This can be a staff with an actual love for, and want to go, racing, and we’ve got the expertise and experience to do exactly that.

“Racing is on the very coronary heart of every part that we do. That is what I wish to see in a staff, and I actually wish to be a part of it. I don’t underestimate the duty forward and I’ve the utmost respect for the competitors. I sit up for the problem of racing. Within the meantime, our work continues at tempo.”

Towriss added: “Graeme has been advising our staff for the final two years as we’ve got constructed out our operations; his expertise on each the technical and managerial sides of System 1 and different motorsports ventures will serve him properly as he builds the Cadillac System 1 staff.”

In addition to serving to to construct the Cadillac entry from the underside up, Lowdon has been within the F1 paddock as a part of Zhou Guanyu’s nearest circle.

On the position he has carried out with GM, president Mark Reuss mentioned: “Graeme has been a pleasure to work with over the previous two years and we’re excited he’ll lead our journey to the 2026 System 1 grid as staff principal.

“He has nice racing experience, he is aware of the best way to assemble a high-performing staff and he embodies the values the Cadillac System 1 Group will characterize in all its endeavors, on or off the observe.”