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Charles Leclerc’s former race engineer Xavier Marcos Padros has been appointed as the new technical director of Cadillac’s LMDh programme.
Marcos has been a Formula One race engineer since 2018 and supported Leclerc in 2019 when he joined the Scuderia Ferrari team. He continued in this role when Frederic Vasseur became team principal in December 2022. After last year’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Marcos transitioned to a new role and will now be leading the General Motors manufacturer’s technical department for their top-class sportscar efforts in 2025. Cadillac’s 2025 LMDh program includes efforts in the FIA World Endurance Championship with JOTA and in the IMSA SportsCar Championship with Wayne Taylor Racing, plus Action Express Racing. Marcos started his F1 career at HRT and Williams Racing before spending seven years at Scuderia Ferrari. At Cadillac, he will focus on engineering and developing the V-Series.R race car. Keely Bosn and Sean O’Shea also stepped into new roles within Cadillac’s LMDh project, with Keely as programme manager and Sean as propulsion manager. The 2025 racing season will kick off with IMSA’s 24 Hours of Daytona on 25-26 January, followed by the FIA WEC season opener in Qatar on 28 February.
