Cadillac F1 announces 3 key leadership additions

| NurPhoto via Getty Images Formula 1’s newest team has added three key additions to senior leadership. Ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Cadillac announced three additions to the team’s technical leadership team. Craig Skinner joins as the team’s new Chief Development Engineer, following a 20-year stint with Red Bull Racing, where he served as that team’s Chief Designer. Skinner “will provide technical direction across the development process, supporting the connection between car concept, aerodynamics design, analysis, and delivery,” said the team in a statement. He will report to Nick Chester, Cadillac’s Chief Technical Officer. Also reporting to Chester will be Eric Blandin, who joins Cadillac as the new Head of Aerodynamics. Blandin has over a decade’s worth of experience at Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team, and also served as the Deputy Technical Director at Aston Martin F1. The third addition is Tim Lean, who spent a decade at McLaren, six more years at Red Bull, and more than five years at Ferrari where he was the principal aerodynamicist for the Scuderia. He joins Cadillac as a Chief Engineer, and will lead the team’s Aerodynamics Modeling and Simulation efforts. Cadillac Team Principal Marcin Budkowski hailed these additions as a “vital step in the technical evolution of the team” in a statement shared with the media, including SB Nation. “These appointments represent a vital step in the technical evolution of the team,” said Budkowski. “Bringing together experienced leadership across development, aerodynamics and modelling will help us create a stronger integrated technical organization and improve performance on track. Craig, Eric and Tim bring race and championship-winning experience to Cadillac F1 in areas that are central to our long-term development.” F1’s newest team is still seeking its first points this season, having come close at the Monaco Grand Prix where Sergio Pérez finished tenth on the track, but was demoted due to a penalty served after the checkered flag.

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