Ferrari has confirmed Laurent Mekies will leave the team this week as he prepares to take up a new role at rivals AlphaTauri.
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Tost to step down at end of year as new management team arrives at AlphaTauri
2024 F1 season
Posted onAlphaTauri have announced their team principal Franz Tost will step down at the end of this season, and be replaced by Laurent Mekies.
F1 teams expect fewer black-and-orange flags after FIA discussions
2022 Mexican Grand Prix
Posted onFormula 1 team bosses expect the black-and-orange flag to be used less often in future following the dispute which arose at the United States Grand Prix.
Ferrari: Technical directive on porpoising hasn’t hit our performance
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Ferrari: Technical directive on porpoising hasn’t affected our performance • Formula 3 returning to Monaco • Formula E closing on Tokyo race deal • IndyCar demo in Argentina
Ferrari expect “surprises from midfield teams” under 2022 rules
2021 Hungarian Grand Prix
Posted onFerrari’s racing director Laurent Mekies says F1’s radical rules changes for 2022 have the potential to change the grid order.
Ferrari concerned Paul Ricard tyre woe could recur at Silverstone and Hungaroring
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Ferrari fear tyre woe at Silverstone and Hungaroring • Vettel’s Styrian GP “boring” • No safety concerns over Schumacher’s seat problem
Cooler race temperatures should suit Ferrari – Mekies
2021 French Grand Prix
Posted onFerrari racing director Laurent Mekies believes cooler temperatures expected for this afternoon’s French Grand Prix will benefit the team.
“Curious, open-minded” Sainz a natural fit at Ferrari – Mekies
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round up: Sainz and Leclerc ‘genuinely enjoying’ working together • Armstrong fastest on final F2 test day • Haas fire up the VF-21 in Bahrain
Ferrari hail “outstanding professional” Vettel after his final drive for team
2020 F1 Season
Posted onSebastian Vettel and Ferrari said an emotional farewell to each other following the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the end of their six years together.
Istanbul race thrilled but top F1 figures say grip-less tracks “cannot be the norm”
2020 F1 season
Posted on“If you want chaos and carnage and drivers being made to idiots there are other categories and sports out there you can go and watch” complained one driver after the Turkish Grand Prix.
What Mekies’ hiring tells us about the future of Ferrari
RacingLines
Posted onAt a time when Ferrari’s F1 future is in doubt its hiring of Laurent Mekies is significant, says Dieter Rencken in his latest column for RaceFans.
Ferrari hires FIA’s deputy race director Mekies
2018 F1 season
Posted onFerrari has announced the FIA’s Laurent Mekies will join its technical team. Mekies served as safety director and deputy race director at the sport’s governing body.