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Valtteri Bottas & John Howard
A long-serving Enstone engineer, now the first race engineer in Cadillac’s history.
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Results
Together
New for 2026. Grand Prix starts only.
2026 season
Championship position and points include sprints.
Driver career
Since 2013, with every team and engineer.
Up to round 17, Singapore Grand Prix (2026-10-11).[3]
On the radio
No verified transcript collected. We only quote radio that a reliable outlet has printed word for word.
Race engineer
John Howard
British
Valtteri Bottas's race engineer at Cadillac.[1][2]
Education
BSc mechanical engineering, University of California, Irvine (2008); MSc motorsport engineering, Oxford Brookes (2010).[4]
Career
- 2010–14Joined Enstone (then Lotus) as a mechanical design engineer.[4][5]
- 2015–21Trackside engineering coordinator through the Renault years.[4][6]
- 2022–23Senior performance engineer.[7]
- 2024–25Race engineer to Pierre Gasly.[5][8]
- 2026–Left Alpine after 14–16 years to engineer Bottas at Cadillac.[8][6]
Previously engineered
Pierre Gasly
Performance engineer
Not publicly confirmed
Cadillac has not named this engineer, and no reliable outlet has reported who it is.
Engineering lead at Cadillac
Xavi Marcos Padros
Chief race engineer (Leclerc’s race engineer 2019–24)[9]