Cadillac Appoints Marc Hynes as Chief Racing Officer

Cadillac has appointed Marc Hynes as chief racing officer of its new Cadillac F1 team. He will lead driver development and align the squad’s sporting and technical operations as Cadillac prepares for its 2026 debut. Hynes’s remit includes aligning the driver roster with engineering, streamlining sporting and technical procedures, and shaping team culture and performance to strengthen collaboration between technical and sporting departments.

Hynes brings both racing and management pedigree: he was the 1999 British F3 champion and previously led driver development at the Marussia/Manor operation. He managed Project Forty Four and worked closely with Lewis Hamilton’s management from 2015–2021, briefly reuniting with Hamilton in 2024 before separating again ahead of his move to Cadillac. Team principal Graeme Lowdon, a former Marussia/Virgin colleague who now co-owns Equals Management with Hynes, described him as a major asset for the new operation.

Operationally, Hynes will work alongside Lowdon and directly manage race drivers Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez, while overseeing reserve driver Zhou Guanyu and test driver Colton Herta — Herta is competing in F2 in 2026 and seeking promotion to F1. Cadillac says Hynes will focus on driving peak performance across the driver program; Hynes says he intends to create “clarity, alignment, and discipline” so drivers and engineers can perform at their best as the team establishes its driver pathway and on-track program.