Cadillac Formula 1 will operate its 2026 car from Silverstone as it finalizes its headquarters in the United States. Team boss Graeme Lowdon revealed that the American brand will debut in the sport next year, becoming the 11th constructor on the grid at the Australian Grand Prix in March.
Silverstone Facility to Oversee Critical Development
The team, formed under an American license, will have bases on both sides of the Atlantic. While the factory in Fishers, Indianapolis, is still under construction, Cadillac will run operations from Silverstone. The UK facility, which opened in June, will oversee critical aspects of the 2026 car’s development.
Lowdon explained, “That [Fishers] is a nearly half-million square foot development, a brand-new build just for Formula 1. It’s going to have a whole bunch of things surrounding it as well, which I think will be very interesting for the fans.”
US Headquarters and Strategic Expansion Plans
He further added, “The bulk of the car will be manufactured there over time. But again, you can’t build a factory, hire all the people, put all the machines in, and then manufacture components to Formula 1 standard, which is like aerospace standard, and be on the grid in Melbourne with that car. It just won’t work.”
Until the US base is fully ready, the Silverstone facility will handle the aero and mechanical design of the 2026 car. “We have a facility at Silverstone, which is a logistics facility. It’s also where we have the aero design and mechanical design,” said Lowdon. He added, “The ‘26 car will be coordinated from there while Fishers is being completed. But over time, the main HQ will be in the US. Silverstone is not just an offshoot, it’s a significant part of the team.”
Hiring and Expansion Strategy
Cadillac will also use Toyota’s wind tunnel in Germany and a power unit base in North Carolina, prepping for in-house engines by 2029. As it builds its team, Cadillac has already recruited over 120 staff members since the 2025 summer shutdown.
Lowdon highlighted Cadillac’s approach to managing such a large, cross-continental team. He said, “We learned a lot there about managing big groups, technically orientated, where peer to peer communication, engineer to engineer, aero specialist to aero specialist, all that where that communication is maximized across different geographical boundaries.”
Inspiration from NASA’s Management Strategies
Drawing inspiration from NASA, Lowdon emphasized, “So we designed the structure of the team along those lines. So it operates as all one team. It just happens. Some teams have rooms and corridors, our corridors are just very, very long and stretch across the Atlantic. But the team operates as a single entity.”
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