{
  "id": 690640,
  "title": "Marcin Budkowski spoke to 'over half' the F1 grid before choosing Cadillac",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/marcin-budkowski-spoke-to-over-half-the-f1-grid-before-choosing",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-12T17:36:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motorsport.com",
    "slug": "motorsport-com",
    "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/marcin-budkowski-spoke-to-over-half-the-f1-grid-before-choosing-cadillac/10845980/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "New Cadillac team principal Marcin Budkowski confirmed he’d held negotiations with “more than half” of the Formula 1 grid as he explained why he opted for the debutant outfit. On Wednesday Cadillac made a shock announcement that Graeme Lowdon had been replaced by Budkowski as team principal during the summer shutdown of its rookie F1 campaign. The American squad sits bottom of the ... Keep reading",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}