Overview
- Cadillac confirmed the Feb. 10 appointment, placing Hynes in a senior role to shape team culture and performance standards.
- Hynes will align the driver roster with engineering groups, streamline processes, and strengthen collaboration between technical and sporting departments.
- The 2026 programme features race drivers Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Pérez, reserve Zhou Guanyu, and test driver Colton Herta.
- He will work in collaboration with team principal Graeme Lowdon in the relatively uncommon role of chief racing officer.
- A 1999 British F3 champion and former Marussia head of driver development, Hynes is a longtime associate of Lewis Hamilton who reportedly split with him professionally ahead of 2026 and has managed Zhou's career.