前F1主持人：没有格雷姆·洛登，凯迪拉克不会出现在发车格上
前F1广播员威尔·巴克斯顿称赞格雷姆·洛登，称如果没有他，凯迪拉克车队就不会出现在今天的发车格上。凯迪拉克在夏休期间宣布，洛登在担任车队负责人的首个赛季仅11场比赛后被替换。
前F1电视主持人表示，如果没有Graeme Lowdon，凯迪拉克"就不会出现在发车格上"
Will Buxton在Graeme Lowdon被突然替换车队领队一职后，称赞了他在打造凯迪拉克F1车队过程中所发挥的作用
Graeme Lowdon，凯迪拉克F1车队领队
前一级方程式解说员Will Buxton在Graeme Lowdon突然离任凯迪拉克车队领队一职后对他表示赞扬，并坚称如果没有他，这支美国车队今天就不会出现在发车格上。
凯迪拉克在夏休期宣布，在其首个赛季仅进行了11场比赛后，车队领队洛登将被前雷诺执行总监兼国际汽联技术主管马尔钦·布德科夫斯基取代。
布克斯顿在与前车手大卫·库尔特哈德和天空体育分析师娜奥米·希夫共同参加的Up To Speed播客中，对这一消息作出了回应。
"我认为他们当初可能是因为格雷姆拥有相关经验，才让他在建队阶段担任车队领队的。他在Manor/Marussia时期积累了这些经验和知识，无论你想叫那个车队什么名字,"布克斯顿解释道。
"所以他知道如何从零开始打造一支车队。而且他做得非常出色。可以说，如果没有格雷姆，没有他的经验，没有他为组建这支车队、安排人员到位并让车队登上发车网格所做的努力，凯迪拉克就不会出现在发车网格上。
不过，他本人不久前也承认，他认为自己的专业领域相当有限，我不知道这是否是他与车队讨论过、或者车队可能与他所谈过的话题，但他显然意识到自己可能不会是那里的长期人选。
凯迪拉克CEO丹·托里斯（Dan Towriss）证实，这一决定并非双方共同作出，洛登（Lowdon）也只是在公告发布当天上午才被告知。
“并不是说格雷姆（Graeme）干得不好，而是他们现在需要有人来接手这项工作，并将其推进到下一个阶段，”这位前F1电视主持人补充谈到这次人事变动的时机时说，“而且我们都知道，在一级方程式（Formula 1）中改变方向需要多长时间。
越早让合适的人加入，对所有相关人员就越好，因为这样你就能对2027年、2028年及以后即将到来的事情产生更大的影响。
“在这方面，当你想尽可能保持竞争力、并让人们尽早参与进来时，也许就没有讲究客气的余地了。”
英文原文
Cadillac "wouldn't be on the grid" without Graeme Lowdon, says former F1 TV host
Will Buxton has praised Graeme Lowdon’s role in building Cadillac’s Formula 1 team following his abrupt replacement as team principal
Graeme Lowdon, Team Principal of Cadillac F1 Team
Former Formula 1 broadcaster Will Buxton has praised Graeme Lowdon following his abrupt exit from his role as Cadillac team principal, insisting the American outfit would not be on the grid today without him.
Cadillac announced during the summer break that after just 11 races of its debut campaign, team principal Lowdon would be replaced by former Renault executive director and FIA technical chief Marcin Budkowski.
Speaking on the Up To Speed podcast alongside former driver David Coulthard and Sky Sports analyst Naomi Schiff, Buxton reacted to the news.
"I think they probably brought Graeme in to be the team principal in the building phase because he had that experience. He had that knowledge from when he was with Manor/Marussia, whichever name you want to give it," Buxton explained.
"So he knew what it took to build up a team from nothing. And he did that fantastically. I think it's safe to say Cadillac wouldn't be on the grid without Graeme, without his experience and without the work that he did to build that team up to put the people in place and get them on the grid.
"He himself, though, admitted not long ago that he believed he had quite a narrow window of expertise, and I don't know if that's a discussion that he'd had with the team or that the team had maybe had with him, but there was certainly a realisation there on his part that he probably wasn't going to be the long-term option there."
Cadillac CEO Dan Towriss confirmed that the decision was not mutual and that Lowdon had only been informed on the morning of the announcement.
"It's not that Graeme was doing a bad job, but they needed somebody now to take this on and move it to the next stage," the former F1 TV host added about the timing of the transition. "And we all know how long it takes in Formula 1 to change direction.
"The earlier you can get somebody in, the better it is for all involved because you then have a greater influence on what's coming down the line in 2027, 2028 and so on.
"There perhaps isn't any place for niceties in that regard when you want to be as competitive as possible and get the people in as early as possible."
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