Cadillac makes three major tech hires including former Red Bull design chief

The Cadillac F1 Team has snapped up engineering trio Craig Skinner, Eric Blandin and Tim Lean as it aims to accelerate its development.

Former Red Bull chief designer Skinner, the architect of Red Bull’s championship winning RB19, joins as Cadillac’s chief development engineer. Autosport understands Skinner was close to a move to Alpine, but is instead taking up the US-owned team’s offer.

Former Aston Martin deputy tech chief Eric Blandin becomes the team’s head of aerodynamics. Experienced aerodynamicist Tim Lean joins as Chief Engineer – Aerodynamics Modelling and Simulation, following stints at McLaren, Red B