Following the appointment of Marcin Budkowski as Cadillac F1’s new Team Principal, CEO of TWG Motorsports Dan Towriss opened up on the decision behind his arrival and the immediate departure of Graeme Lowdon from the role. The 2026 F1 season marked Cadillac’s long-awaited arrival on the grid after years of work to bring the project…
Marcin Budkowski has opened up about the many factors that convinced him to join the Cadillac project, their long-term ambition, and his key priorities going forward as the team gears up for the second half of their maiden F1 campaign in 2026. Cadillac announced on Wednesday that Budkowski has replaced Graeme Lowdon as Team Principal…
Mercedes have wasted little time establishing themselves as the team to beat under Formula 1’s new technical regulations in 2026, but their commanding position at the summer break does not tell the full story. The W17 has delivered eight victories across the opening eleven rounds, with Kimi Antonelli leading the Drivers’ Championship and George Russell…
With F1 reaching its mid-season mark in 2026, Pit Debrief has put forward a review of how Scuderia Ferrari and drivers Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc have fared in the first half of the campaign. While Mercedes have emerged as the clear favourites to lift both titles after the first eleven rounds, the Italian marque…
Cadillac F1 have confirmed that Marcin Budkowski will become their new Team Principal as Graeme Lowdon departs the organisation. The surprising decision comes halfway through their maiden campaign in the series. Dan Towriss, CEO, commented on the news of the Pole’s signing and the departure of Graeme Lowdon. “Marcin’s appointment marks another important step in…
Liam Lawson has praised his Racing Bulls team for the quality of its development work throughout the 2026 F1 season, describing it as the strongest he has seen from the team since his debut with them in 2023. The Racing Bulls driver pointed to the team’s aerodynamic programme as central to the gains made across…
Valtteri Bottas reflected on a difficult first half of the F1 season for Cadillac, with the Finn suffering yet another failure at the 2026 Hungarian GP. F1’s latest addition to the grid is still experiencing teething problems, particularly when it comes to reliability. Across the first eleven rounds of the 2026 F1 season, Cadillac has…
Nico Hülkenberg has defended Formula 1’s (F1) current generation, insisting that drivers can still influence performance in 2026 despite the greater emphasis on energy management and changing deployment characteristics after the change of the regulations. The latest technical regulations have altered the way drivers extract lap time, particularly as they balance outright speed with energy…
The Woking-based team headed into the summer break fresh off a win; McLaren sit third in the 2026 Constructors’ Championship at the Mid-Season mark on 220 points, as Pit Debrief delivers a review on their campaign so far. The team sit 159 points behind leaders Mercedes and 87 adrift of Ferrari. Defending back-to-back Constructors’ champions…
Red Bull heads into the 2026 summer break in far better shape than its season once threatened. After a genuinely difficult start as the team introduced its first-ever power unit under new regulations, the squad has clawed its way back into a solid position in the Constructors’ Standings. This is thanks to a resurgent run…
