F1 Rumor: Graeme Lowdon to be Cadillac-Ferrari F1 team boss – Fact! (2nd Update)

Ferrari today announced a multi-year agreement starting from 2026 with Andretti Formula Racing LLC, regarding the supply of power unit and gearbox to the racing team led by TWG Global and General Motors.

The agreement is subject to Andretti Formula Racing LLC receiving written confirmation from the FIA – F1 that its entry to the 2026 FIA Formula One Championship has been accepted and approved.

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This rumor is upgraded to ‘fact’ today. The new Cadillac team planning to enter Formula 1 in 2026 have appointed ex-Marussia chief executive Graeme Lowdon as principal, General Motors and partners TWG Global said on Thursday.

“This is a team with a real love for, and desire to go racing, and we have the experience and expertise to do just that,” Lowdon said in a statement.

“I don’t underestimate the task ahead and I have the utmost respect for the competition. I look forward to the challenge of racing. In the meantime, our work continues at pace.

“His experience on both the technical and managerial sides of Formula 1 and other motorsports ventures will serve him well as he builds the Cadillac Formula 1 team,” said Dan Towriss, CEO of TWG Global’s motorsport business.

TWG Global owns and operates Andretti Global and has established a base at Silverstone in England with a number of personnel recruited from other Formula 1 teams.

“Graeme has been a pleasure to work with over the past two years and we’re excited he will lead our journey to the 2026 Formula 1 grid as Team Principal. He has great racing expertise, he knows how to assemble a high-performing team and he embodies,” General Motors President Mark Reuss said.

(GMM) Guanyu Zhou might have a real chance at a race seat with the new-in-2026 Formula 1 team Cadillac because his manager is Graeme Lowdon.

The Chinese driver, who like his current Audi-Sauber teammate Valtteri Bottas has lost his race seat for 2025, claimed days ago that Ferrari is “very interested” in signing him as a reserve driver.

Zhou, 25, is a former Ferrari academy driver – but it is another existing connection that could pave his return to the grid for 2026.

“Zhou is hoping for a seat on the new Cadillac team, with Ferrari power, in 2026,” claimed highly respected Swiss journalist Roger Benoit, writing for Blick.

“The reason is simple,” Benoit added. “Zhou’s manager, Graeme Lowdon, is to become team boss for the Americans. He was previously the team boss of Marussia in Formula 1.”

F1 has now approved General Motors-backed Cadillac to become the sport’s 11th team, perhaps partly due to the Andretti name sliding into the background.

Editor’s Note: Cadillac sells a lot of cars in China

The existing teams, however, remain concerned about the dilution of F1’s distributed commercial revenue. It is believed the usual $200m ‘anti-dilution’ fee for new teams has been significantly increased for Cadillac – up to about $450 million or more.

“I don’t have much information about it, to be honest,” Aston Martin team boss Mike Krack said. “I think we just have to trust F1, the FIA, on how this is going to go.

“I don’t know about what payments are being made or have to be made,” he added.