About this episode

Dan Towriss discusses the formation and ambitions of the Cadillac F1 Team.

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’. This episode is sponsored by: Vanta: get started at vanta.com/GRID Liquid I.V. : go to liquidiv.com and get 20% off your first purchase with code GRID at checkout Rag & Bone: It’s time to upgrade your denim with Rag & Bone. For a limited time, our listeners get 20% off their entire order with code GRID at rag-bone.com

People in this episode

Host: Tom Clarkson

Guest: Dan Towriss

Topics covered

• Formula 1
• Cadillac F1 Team
• motorsport
• team building
• race drivers
• F1 debut
• future of racing

Keywords

• Cadillac F1
• Dan Towriss
• motorsport
• F1 debut
• Sergio Perez
• Valtteri Bottas
• Colton Herta
• team building
• General Motors

Sponsors

Vanta, Liquid I.V., Rag & Bone

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cadillac, General Motors, TWG Motorsports

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