{"id":493461,"date":"2026-02-20T23:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/493461\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T23:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:51:08","slug":"graeme-lowdon-insists-onlookers-should-not-read-too-much-into-cadillacs-small-issues-in-second-pre-season-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/493461\/","title":{"rendered":"Graeme Lowdon insists onlookers should not \u2018read too much\u2019 into Cadillac&#8217;s \u2018small issues\u2019 in second pre-season test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Cadillac\u2019s Graeme Lowdon has suggested that onlookers should not \u201cread too much\u201d into \u201csmall issues\u201d experienced by the squad as the second pre-season test in Bahrain got underway, with the Team Principal reiterating that the new outfit are still in the very early days of their time in F1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\"><a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoic2VyZ2lvX3BlcmV6X2xpbmtfY2xpY2tlZCIsImNsaWNrVGV4dCI6dHJ1ZSwicGF0aCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmZvcm11bGExLmNvbS9lbi9kcml2ZXJzL3Nlcmdpby1wZXJleiIsInBhdGhUeXBlIjoiaW50ZXJuYWwifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/drivers\/sergio-perez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sergio Perez<\/a> spent the opening stages of Wednesday morning in the garage while the team worked through sensor issues, the Mexican later heading out for his first installation lap around 75 minutes into the session.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Following this slow start, Perez went on to complete 24 laps before team mate <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoidmFsdHRlcmlfYm90dGFzX2xpbmtfY2xpY2tlZCIsImNsaWNrVGV4dCI6dHJ1ZSwicGF0aCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmZvcm11bGExLmNvbS9lbi9kcml2ZXJzL3ZhbHR0ZXJpLWJvdHRhcyIsInBhdGhUeXBlIjoiaW50ZXJuYWwifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/drivers\/valtteri-bottas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Valtteri Bottas<\/a> added 35 to the squad\u2019s tally during the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">During Thursday\u2019s team representatives press conference in Bahrain, Lowdon was asked about how the team had made up for that bumpy day as they continued to put laps on the board into Day 2 of the second test.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cI wouldn\u2019t read too much into yesterday \u2013 yesterday was day nine of running a Formula 1 car and today\u2019s day 10,\u201d the Briton explained. \u201cWe\u2019re up against teams who have been doing this for a very, very long time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cI\u2019m very happy. We\u2019re working through the programme, had no major issues \u2013 just small issues that I think every team in the paddock will have had before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201c[I\u2019m] extremely happy with the way that the team is working together. We\u2019ve got a lot of experienced people in the team, as I think people will have seen, but experience of working together as the Cadillac Formula 1 team is less than 12 months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cI would say, to sum it up, extremely happy with the team, very, very happy with the platform that we\u2019re building, and can\u2019t wait for Melbourne.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\"><a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiY2FkaWxsYWNfbGlua19jbGlja2VkIiwiY2xpY2tUZXh0Ijp0cnVlLCJwYXRoIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZm9ybXVsYTEuY29tL2VuL3RlYW1zL2NhZGlsbGFjIiwicGF0aFR5cGUiOiJpbnRlcm5hbCJ9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/teams\/cadillac\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cadillac<\/a> went on to record a total of 108 laps between Bottas and Perez on Thursday, with the team and the rest of the field now preparing for the final day of 2026 pre-season testing on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cadillac\u2019s Graeme Lowdon has suggested that onlookers should not \u201cread too much\u201d into \u201csmall issues\u201d experienced by the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-493461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}