Simon Pagenaud has been a busy man in the past year.
Racer unveiled in MayThe 2016 Indycar Series Champion and 2019 Indianapolis 500 winner was hired by General Motors to play an important role in the development of the Chevy IndyCar Series program team by frequent visits to the Charlotte Technical Center with countless hours spent on his driver-in-the-run Simulator.
What was not shared at that time was the full size of Pagenaud contributions. The Frenchman was the double service, while he collaborated with the Indycar engineers of Team Chevy to refine chassis and engine tuning in the coming season and to switch back and forth with GM’s Cadillac F1 Simulator program where he helped more hours to develop the brand to develop his new Formula 1-Uitdager in 2026. The F1SAUD with the F1suD and the Pagenaud with the F1sAnd with the Pagenaud. Het F1sAnd with the F1saud’s F126. Het F126. Het F126. The F1sAud. The motor designers of the project and all kinds of racing engineers to sampling hundreds of virtual components and setups on the diligest, which were used to form the final configuration of the car and the powertrain that Bottas and Perez will soon taste in the real world.
Pagenaud has played a central role in helping the first F1 car from Cadillac to life. Photo thanks to Simon Pagenaud
“Optimizing the technical side of a car and managing relationships with the people in the factory has been my passion since I started racing,” Pagenaud said. “I really enjoy talking to the engineers, developing the simulator and making it as realistic as possible. This work makes me feel useful and bringing in my expertise, something that somehow missed since my accident.”
The 41-year-old has not been racing since the summer of 2023, when a brake component failure his Meyer Shank Racing Indycar threw in a violent running roll that left him with a long-term symptoms resulting from the whip effects suffered by his brain.
Pagenaud has not returned to the competition since the crash since the crash, but spending time on the DIL simulator has proven to be both therapeutic for him and very affordable for GM. Known for his technical knowledge and detailed chassis and motor feedback, Pagenaud has reused the talents who have made him a top threat in Champ Car, Indycar and Racing of Endurance Sports Cars in a coveted development source for Chevrolet and Cadillac.
“My role and my goal are to make the simulator as close as possible to reality and to set up the base of the car,” he said. “I want to help Cadillac to project itself as accurately as possible against reality.”
Cadillac F1 team director Graeme Lowdon expressed his appreciation for all that Pagenaud in the structure of the program.
“Our work in the simulator in Charlotte is extremely important to build the team,” said Lowdon. “It is crucial on so many levels: consolidating our basic performance and aero-set-ups, so that we can be ready to race during a Grand Prix weekend, check systems and protocols, but also set up clear and effective communication channels between our Bases in the US, the VK and has an end and out of the US and out-to-end helped. “
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