Overview
- Hynes is said to have joined the new Cadillac F1 team for 2026, ending his close day-to-day role with Hamilton.
- Ferrari declined to comment on the reported split as Cadillac was contacted for confirmation.
- The change follows last month’s separation from race engineer Riccardo Adami, with a replacement targeted before the season opener on 8 March.
- McLaren’s Cedric Michel-Grosjean is believed to be the frontrunner for the race engineer role, with Luca Diella also under consideration.
- Hamilton has retained performance coach Angela Cullen and set the fastest time in private Barcelona running ahead of Bahrain tests on 11–13 and 18–20 February.