On a rare visit home to the Tyne Valley where he was born and went to school, in the run up to Cadillac’s inaugural Grand Prix – Australia on 8 March – he outlined his role.
“I guess team principal is the chief worrier, that’s the job,” he said.
“There are so many parallel workstreams that all have to come together and in the case of our team, that means operations both in the UK and also in the US, so it’s very much a job of co-ordinating.”
Building a brand new F1 team is no mean feat, a fact Lowdon can vouch for.
“There’s a huge amount involved in building a team from scratch and it’s a huge task.
“When people tune in and see the first grand prix in Melbourne, you see the two cars, you see the two drivers.
“This is sport and every sport has to have heroes and the drivers are, quite rightly, the heroes but behind that sits an enormous team of people.”
