Cadillac named the race engineers for Bottas and Perez

      Cadillac has taken another important step toward its Formula 1 debut, which is two and a half months away. The American team announced the names of the race engineers for Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Pérez, as well as the name of the chief race engineer. Cadillac's chief race engineer role was filled by Charles Leclerc's former race engineer, Xavi Marcos. The Spanish specialist had worked with the Ferrari driver since 2019, but in 2024, ahead of the Imola round, Ferrari decided to replace him with Bryan Bocci. Before joining the Scuderia, Marcos worked as an engineer in Formula 1 for HRT and Williams. At the start of 2025, Marcos was appointed Cadillac's technical director for endurance racing, responsible for projects in the IMSA series in the GTP class and in the FIA WEC in the Hypercar class. Valtteri Bottas's race engineer is John Howard, who spent 15 years at the Enstone team (Lotus/Renault/Alpine) and, until his departure in April 2025, was Pierre Gasly's race engineer. Sergio Pérez's race engineer is Carlo Pazetti. Before signing a contract with Cadillac he worked as a performance engineer at Aston Martin.