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Red Bull has a new team principal for just the second time in the history of the F1 outfit, with the squad finding itself in a concerning position.
Just over a week ago, the bombshell news was announced that Christian Horner and Red Bull had parted ways after over 20 years of Horner leading the Milton Keynes-based outfit. The news shocked many, but the time for shock is over with the second half of the season just around the corner. Horner’s replacement is Laurent Mekies, who was handed a direct promotion having been Racing Bulls’ team principal for the past 18 months. Now, he finds himself steering the Red Bull ship as its new team principal and CEO. A new boss for Max Verstappen and Yuki Tsunoda, so, who exactly is Laurent Mekies? Mekies has taken on one of the biggest jobs in F1 at a team constantly in the spotlight, but as his career shows, working for giant organisations has never been a problem. The 48-year-old Frenchman has spent his entire working life involved in motorsport after studying mechanical engineering, before completing a Master’s degree at Loughborough university in automotive engineering.
