An extended-time member of Lewis Hamilton’s administration workforce has joined System 1 newcomers Cadillac to help with their driver improvement.
Marc Hynes spent a few years working alongside Hamilton after he arrived in F1 and moved to Mercedes. The pair break up briefly early in 2021 however reunited three years later. Hynes’ work included a administration position at Hamilton’s Mission Forty 4 firm and helping the seven-times world champion in his racing actions.
Now Hynes has taken up the position of chief racing officer at Cadillac. He’ll work with Hamilton’s former workforce mate Valtteri Bottas and workforce mate Sergio Perez. Hynes may even handle reserve driver Zhou Guanyu and take a look at driver Colton Herta, who’s racing in System 2 this yr and searching for promotion to F1.
“Constructing a brand new workforce in System 1 is a uncommon problem and I’m excited to assist form the tradition, processes, and efficiency requirements from the very starting,” mentioned Hynes. “We’ve a powerful and numerous driver line-up, and my focus might be on creating the readability, alignment, and self-discipline wanted to permit everybody – drivers and engineers alike – to carry out at their best possible.”
Hynes was a champion within the former British System 3 championship in 1999, when he competed towards six future F1 drivers together with 2009 world champion Jenson Button. He additionally coached F1 drivers together with Roberto Merhi and Max Chilton, and raced in sportscars and within the Porsche Supercup which seems as a assist occasion at some F1 rounds.
“Having somebody of Marc’s calibre guiding our racing operations is a serious asset,” mentioned workforce principal Graeme Lowdon. “Marc brings an distinctive mixture of racing expertise, strategic understanding, and other people administration to the workforce. His capability to attach drivers, engineers, and management might be important as we set up ourselves on the grid.”
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