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In the second part of Pit Debrief‘s exclusive interview with former F1 engineer Marco Schüpbach, we discussed his two years working as race engineer to Sergio Pérez, and why he struggled so much against Max Verstappen. He was the Mexican’s first race engineer in the sport. After working as a performance engineer for Robert Kubica,…
In the fourth part of an exclusive interview with Pit Debrief, Xavier Marcos Padros, current technical director of Cadillac’s LMDh sportscar program, talked about his vast motorsport experience and journey to Cadillac. A new challenge with Cadillac Marcos Padros boasts an impressive résumé. After working as a performance engineer with HRT F1 Team and then…
Pit Debrief had a chance to talk with longtime Formula 1 race engineer Steve Hallam, whose tenure included three years as Ayrton Senna’s race engineer at Lotus. From Hallam’s first glimpse, at a tyre test in 1982, it was clear that Senna was going to make a name for himself. Hallam watches Senna from afar…
In the third part of an exclusive interview with Pit Debrief, Xavier Marcos Padros, current technical director of Cadillac’s LMDh sportscar program, discussed the different leadership styles of Ferrari F1 team principals Mattia Binotto and Fred Vasseur. Working at Ferrari F1 from 2018 to 2024, and as Charles Leclerc’s race engineer, Marcos Padros noted that…
The 2025 Indy NXT season starts on Friday, and Ireland’s Jonathan Browne has made the move across from HMD Motorsports to Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) over the long break — and he outlined the part Stefan Johansson had in it. The 24-year-old finished P13 in the championship last year, with a best result of P6…
In the second part of an exclusive interview with Pit Debrief, Xavier Marcos Padros, current technical director of Cadillac’s LMDh sportscar program, discussed his journey to, with, and from Ferrari, alongside the future of the team, with Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton in red. The journey to Ferrari and Tifosi culture Despite getting his first…
Pit Debrief recently had a chance to interview former Formula 1 engineer Marco Schüpbach about his career at Sauber, the BMW Sauber years, and the experience of working with drivers such as Sergio Pérez, Nico Hülkenberg and Robert Kubica. In the first part of this exclusive interview, Marco Schüpbach discussed the BMW Sauber era and…
In the first part of an exclusive interview with Pit Debrief, Xavier Marcos Padros, current technical director of Cadillac’s LMDh sportscar program, discussed his time as F1 race engineer for Charles Leclerc at Scuderia Ferrari. After an impressive 2018 season with Sauber, Leclerc joined Scuderia Ferrari in 2019, partnering with four-time world champion, Sebastian Vettel….
Pit Debrief had a chance to talk with former Formula 1 race engineer Steve Hallam about his distinguished career. Starting at the legendary Team Lotus, he began with a driver who was trying to set himself in that same strata: Nigel Mansell. The young English driver was in the middle of a tumultuous opening to…
In the second part of Pit Debrief‘s exclusive interview with Steve Hallam, we spoke to the British engineer about working with 2007 F1 World Champion Kimi Räikkönen. Although the 21-time Grand Prix winner won his World Championship with Scuderia Ferrari, many would say the best period of his career came at McLaren. Räikkönen was lightning…
