Overview
- Cadillac announced the recruitment of Craig Skinner, Eric Blandin and Tim Lean on Thursday, September 24, 2026, naming Skinner chief development engineer, Blandin head of aerodynamics and Lean chief engineer for aerodynamics modelling and simulation.
- All three hires bring high-level pedigrees from championship teams, with Skinner a former Red Bull chief designer, Blandin experienced at Mercedes, Ferrari and Aston Martin, and Lean having worked at McLaren, Red Bull and Ferrari.
- The appointments are the first major technical moves under new team principal Marcin Budkowski and are intended to fix the team’s operational and build-quality problems that contributed to a scoreless 2026 debut season.
- Cadillac says the engineers will join over the coming months because gardening-leave and notice periods delay their immediate integration, so on-track benefits are expected to arrive during the 2027 development cycle.
- The signings come as Cadillac builds a dual UK–US operating base with a Silverstone hub and a planned Fishers, Indiana facility, and they arrive alongside separate, developing scrutiny of majority owner TWG Global and Mark Walter that could affect longer-term stability.