Cadillac has employed Marc Hynes as its Method 1 crew’s chief racing officer.
A former racing driver, Hynes narrowly beat Luciano Burti to the 1999 British F3 title, with future F1 world champion Jenson Button coming third.
This success got here with the Manor outfit that he went on to work for in each F1 and WEC, alongside longtime Manor (often known as Virgin and Marussia) chief Graeme Lowdon, now Cadillac’s crew principal.
Hynes and Lowdon grew to become enterprise companions and now co-own the Equals Administration firm.
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Hynes’ new position will include “aligning the driving force roster and engineering teams, streamlining processes and strengthening collaboration between the technical and sporting departments to ship an environment friendly, aggressive, and disciplined crew surroundings”, a Cadillac press launch reads.
The Briton will even be tasked with ‘managing Cadillac’s driver programme’, which incorporates reserve driver Zhou Guanyu, by the way a member of the Equals Administration secure.
“Constructing a brand new crew in Method 1 is a uncommon problem, and I’m excited to assist form the tradition, processes, and efficiency requirements from the very starting,” Hynes stated. “Now we have a robust and various driver line-up, and my focus will likely be on creating the readability, alignment, and self-discipline wanted to permit everybody – drivers and engineers alike – to carry out at their best.”
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG F1, celebrates, Marc Hynes after taking his 69th F1 Pole Place
Picture by: Steven Tee / Motorsport Pictures
Lowdon added: “Marc brings an distinctive mixture of racing expertise, strategic understanding, and other people administration to the crew. His potential to attach drivers, engineers, and management will likely be important as we set up ourselves on the grid. As we enter our debut season, having somebody of Marc’s calibre guiding our racing operations is a serious asset for the Cadillac Method 1 Crew.”
Hynes can also be a longtime ally of Lewis Hamilton, having helped construct the latter’s Mission 44 firm from 2015 to 2021 and reunited with the seven-time world champion as his supervisor in 2024.
Hynes and Hamilton have reportedly break up forward of the 47-year-old’s Cadillac transfer.
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