Dan Towriss: the ‘passion and drive’ behind Cadillac F1 Team

F1 Beyond The Grid

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🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The newest team in Formula 1 are here to compete. Cadillac have earned the respect of their rivals. Now they’re pushing to get faster.

CEO Dan Towriss takes Tom Clarkson back to the start of the story - how he and his TWG Motorsports company first became involved in discussions about F1, conversations with General Motors and Cadillac, the work to build a team, choosing their race drivers and making their F1 debut in Australia.

Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas are the first Cadillac F1 drivers. What do they bring to a new team? What does the future hold for the team’s reserve driver, IndyCar star Colton Herta?

And what are the team’s aims in their first season? The learning curve is steep at the pinnacle of motorsport, but as Dan says, ‘no part of this should be easy’.

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0:31.4	For the first time in a decade, Formula One has 11 teams on the grid. But Cadillac are not here to make up the numbers.
0:40.9	We're committed to Formula One for the long term. And so now we're going to start developing this car.
0:45.5	You know, it was built on a computer. You know, there was no track data to build this car. And now as the data is coming in,
0:51.7	so it's going to be what's the rate of development from the Cadillac Formula One team that you see this year?
0:56.3	That's really going to be how we judge ourselves week in and week out is how fast are we getting
1:00.3	better.
1:01.6	Welcome to F1 Beyond the Grid.
1:04.1	I'm Tom Clarkson and this week's guest is Cadillac F1 CEO, Dan Tauris.
1:10.4	Dan tells me the fascinating story of how the Cadillac F1 team went from being an
1:15.6	idea to the beginning of the beginning with their arrival on the Formula One grid in 2026.
1:22.6	Dan also reveals some of the sliding doors moments that shape this journey, including an opportunity
1:28.5	to buy Salba. With the vast experience of Sergio Perez and Valtri Botas in the cockpit, Cadillac
1:35.0	are incapable hands behind the wheel. Dan had previously said Sergio nailed his job interview
1:41.5	with the team. So what was so special about his performance in the
1:45.3	boardroom? And what's the relationship between Checo and Valtteri really like? Waiting in the
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