凯迪拉克F1车队确认洛登离任并非“双方协商一致”
凯迪拉克F1车队确认，格雷姆·洛登被解职并非“双方协商一致”，且他仅在当天早上才得知此事。车队宣布由前阿尔派执行总监马尔钦·布德科夫斯基接替，任期覆盖2026赛季剩余时间及之后。
Graeme Lowdon突然离开凯迪拉克并非“双方共同的决定”——Dan Towriss
Lowdon只是在公告发布的当天早上才被告知即将宣布这一消息
凯迪拉克F1车队已确认，Graeme Lowdon被解除车队领队职务“并非双方共同的决定”，并补充说他只是在当天早上才被告知。
凯迪拉克于周三发布了一则令人震惊的公告，宣布Lowdon已被前阿尔派执行总监Marcin Budkowski接替，执掌2026赛季余下比赛及之后的赛事。
此事发生在美国车队在F1首个赛季的夏休期期间，车队目前在11轮比赛后积分榜垫底且一分未得。
但这对于凯迪拉克的第一年来说基本在预料之中，而且最初人们认为，在帮助车队从零开始组建之后，Lowdon会长期留任车队。
然而，首席执行官Dan Towriss在与自2022年1月离开阿尔派后一直担任电视评论员的Budkowski共同出席的媒体圆桌会议上确认，“这是我的决定”。
Towriss确认：“这不是双方共同的决定。这个过程始于几个月前：认真思考凯迪拉克F1车队的下一个阶段是什么样的，时机是否合适，那会是什么样子，以及各方人才的能力如何。”
Graeme Lowdon，凯迪拉克F1车队领队。
“我们与Marcin的交谈以及这段关系的进展让我们感到高兴。所以今天早上Graeme和我通了话，因此从这个角度来说，这是一次非常近期的对话。
“但在一级方程式中，没有轻松的方式进行这种过渡。你能想象如果Marcin随意来工厂参观或进行这些谈话，媒体会作何反应吗？
“在那种情况下局面就会变得不稳定，所以尊重当时在任领导层的看法是很重要的。
“所以这确实压缩了决策过程、时间线以及这些事情汇合在一起的方式。这让事情感觉比原本会有的情况更突然。
“但这就是一级方程式的本质，事情也只能这样发生。”
考虑到解雇的突然性，社交媒体上出现了“为什么是现在”的质疑，因此有人向 Towriss 提问，Lowdon 是否只是处于“临时职位”。
这位美国人回应道：“我不认为说他处于临时职位是公平的。这实际上是由表现以及事情的演变所决定的。
“这些肯定是会在Graeme和我之间保留的讨论内容，涉及哪些地方一致、哪些地方不一致。
“我能说的是，对于所取得的成就，我怀有极大的敬意。对我Graeme来说，这不是一个过渡期，而是一段将近四年的规划、建设以及完成各项工作的时期。
“所以，基于这项运动内部和车队内部目前存在的种种情况，现在是正确的时机，也是正确的地点，迈出这一步继续前进。
“正如你们所知，在F1中进行任何交接都是非常困难的。很难做到保密，并没有出现大量的泄密情况。
“但事已至此。我们再次非常感谢Graeme为车队做出的贡献，同时也对Marcin的领导以及凯迪拉克的未来感到非常兴奋。”
英文原文
Graeme Lowdon's shock Cadillac exit wasn't a "mutual decision" - Dan Towriss
Lowdon was only told about the forthcoming announcement on the morning of it happening
The Cadillac Formula 1 outfit has confirmed that Graeme Lowdon’s dismissal as its team principal “wasn’t a mutual decision” - adding he was only told on the morning.
Cadillac made a shock announcement on Wednesday that Lowdon had been replaced by ex-Alpine executive director Marcin Budkowski for the rest of the 2026 campaign and beyond.
It came during the summer shutdown of the American squad’s debut season in F1, where it is bottom of the championship and without a point after 11 rounds.
But that was largely expected for Cadillac’s first year and it was initially assumed that Lowdon would continue with the team for the long-term after helping to build it from the ground-up.
However CEO Dan Towriss confirmed “it was my decision” during a media roundtable alongside Budkowski, who has been a television pundit since leaving Alpine in January 2022.
“It wasn't a mutual decision,” confirmed Towriss. “The process started a few months ago: really thinking about what the next phase for Cadillac Formula 1 looks like, what's the right timing, how would that look, and then the capabilities of the various folks out there.
Graeme Lowdon, Team Principal, Cadillac F1 Team.
“We were delighted in the conversation with Marcin and how that relationship evolved. So Graeme and I spoke this morning, so I think it is a very recent conversation from that perspective.
“But there's no easy way to make this transition within Formula 1. Can you imagine the press if Marcin strolled through for a tour of the factory or having these conversations?
“It becomes destabilising at that point and so it's important to respect the view of the leadership that's in place at that time.
“So it does compress the decision-making, the timeline and how these things come together. It makes it feel more abrupt than it would be otherwise.
“But it's the nature of Formula 1 and it's the way it had to happen.”
Considering the abrupt nature of the sacking, it led to questions on social media as to ‘why now’ and it was therefore put to Towriss if Lowdon was simply there in an “interim capacity”.
The American responded: “I don't think it's fair to say that he was here in an interim capacity. It really is a function of performance and how things evolved.
“Those are certainly going to be discussions that are going to be kept between Graeme and myself, as to where those aligned and where they didn't align.
“What I can say is, what was accomplished, I have immense respect for. This isn't an interim period for me and for Graeme, it's almost a four-year period of planning and building and doing all the pieces.
“So it was the right time based on the circumstances that exist both within the sport and within the team and so this is the right time and the right place to make that step going forward.
“Anytime we're making a transition in Formula 1, as you guys know, it's very difficult. It's very difficult to keep it quiet, that there weren't a myriad of leaks around that.
“But here we are. We're again very grateful to Graeme for what he brought to the team and very excited about Marcin’s leadership and what the future looks like for Cadillac.”
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