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Xavier Marcos Padros

Chief Race Engineer (heads the trackside race-engineering department) · Cadillac · Formula 1

Xavier Marcos Padros is publicly listed as Chief Race Engineer (heads the trackside race-engineering department) with Cadillac in Formula 1. Sourced career path and education on Paddock CV.

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Career path

  • 2010 · BNC Racing Team
    Race engineer (early motorsport career)
  • 2010–2012 · HRT (Hispania Racing Team)
    Performance engineer (F1 debut)
  • 2012–2015 · Williams
    Performance engineer for Felipe Massa
  • 2015–2018 · Richard Childress Racing (NASCAR)
    Chief race engineer
  • 2018–2019 · Scuderia Ferrari
    Factory-based race engineer
  • 2019–2024 · Scuderia Ferrari
    Race engineer for Charles Leclerc (to Miami GP, May 2024)
  • 2024–2025 · Scuderia Ferrari
    Moved off trackside RE role into other company programmes
  • 2025-01–2025-11 · Cadillac / General Motors
    Technical Director, V-Series.R endurance programme (WEC and IMSA)
  • 2025-11–present · Cadillac F1 Team
    Chief Race Engineer (announced Dec 2025)

Education

  • Institution

Research notes and caveats

Most thoroughly documented of the three (Wikipedia + Liquipedia + multiple news outlets). Verified: Spanish nationality; career path BNC -> HRT (2010, F1 debut) -> Williams/Massa -> NASCAR/Richard Childress Racing -> Ferrari (2018, then Leclerc's RE 2019-May 2024) -> Cadillac sportscar TD (Jan 2025) -> Cadillac F1 Chief Race Engineer (announced 22 Dec 2025). Uncertain: education/university unknown (not found in any source); exact 'years_to_race_engineer' depends on definition - he was a chief race engineer in NASCAR from 2015 and an F1 race engineer from 2018/2019, so the value 9 (2010 F1 debut -> 2019 Leclerc RE) is approximate. Cadillac is a brand-new 2026 entry, so this is a recent hire. He is the department head / chief RE, not assigned to a single car, so drivers_2026 lists both.

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