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French engineer Mekies, previously team principal at Red Bull ’s sister F1 team Racing Bulls, has taken over from Horner and is at the helm this weekend for the Belgian Grand Prix. Mekies previously enjoyed a near-decade stint at Toro Rosso, the old name for Red Bull’s sister team, and also has experience to his name at Ferrari and the FIA.
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff caused Sky Sports to issue an on-air apology after using explicit language whilst discussing Christian Horner's potential future in Formula 1. Speaking to presenter Natalie Pinkham following practice at the Belgian Grand Prix,
Christian Horner’s replacement Laurent Mekies said he has been tasked with ‘reducing the outside noise’ at Red Bull after revealing he has received several messages of support from his sacked predecessor.