Ferrari is set to lose one of its key members with Laurent Mekies leaving the outfit to head up AlphaTauri. Here's why his departure will be a major test for new team boss Fred Vasseur: F1
AlphaTauri’s end-of-season management shake-up, with team principal Franz Tost being replaced at some point by Laurent Mekies, marks the start of a new chapter at the Italian Formula 1 team.But the impact of the changes are being felt much further down the road in Maranello too, as it has provided yet another headache forWith Italy’s most famous squad already facing a challenge in turning around the form of the SF-23 to take the fight to Red Bull, the departure of Mekies is far from ideal.
Only a few weeks ago, as rumours of Mekies’ departure first surfaced, Vasseur was emphatic that he viewed the Frenchman as a key right-hand man for the future. Indeed, he could perhaps be considered as a long-term successor. “If you want to speak about Laurent, I don't know what's happened in the past with Laurent, but I know Laurent for 25 years, something like this, when he was at school.
As somebody who was close to previous team boss Mattia Binotto, and having helped lead design direction on a car that hasn’t matched Red Bull yet, his situation was viewed very differently to that of Mekies.
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