In view of red bull bomb Decision to dismiss Christian Horner This week, it was easy to recall the name of the person changing him: Laurent Mcis.
The French has taken immediate steps from the Racing Bulls, Red Bull’s junior team, where he had been the principal of the team since the beginning of 2024. His appointment has marked the latest chapter in a notable 20 -year journey through almost every level of Formula 1 on both the competitive and governance side of the game.
Born in 1977 in French Tours, Mecis studied Mechanical Engineering in Estaka in Paris before completing a master’s degree in Lofboro. He entered F1 with arrows in 2001, then joined the Minardi next year.
When Red Bull bought the team and resumed it as Toro Roso, stayed at MCICIS, eventually became the head of the vehicle performance. He was a main part of the team when Sebstian wettel Winned the team’s story in the 2008 Italian Grand Prix.
In 2014, Maikies joined the FIA as the Director of Security, where he played an important role in the development and implementation of the Halo Cockpit Protection device, which is now a mainstay of modern F1 security. His 2018 step for Ferrari instigated the controversy due to lack of horticulture leave, disappointing rival teams.
In the maraneello, he was seen as a stable appearance during a unstable period for Scuderia, from the sports director to the deputy team principal and racing director. After five years in Ferrari, a call from the Red Bull’s class brought him back.
In 2024, he took over as the team boss of the nominee Racing Bulls, working with the new CEO Peter Bayer, redefined the team’s prolonged identity as Red Bull B-Squad. One of the most high-profile episodes of his brief tenure was a messy mid-season departure Daniel ReciardoMacis was not away from criticism.
“We are not finally happy how we handled it, and of course we are very conscious that we can do, and, a better work,” he said after the emotional exit of the Ricardo in Singapore.
Now, Maikes steps into one of the most scrutinized jobs in World Sport-the work of guiding the red bull through his post-Herner era and keeping the champion ruling in the fast-shift F1 landscape competitive. He joins at a time, the wheels of the next cycle of the Red Bull are already at speed, the team set to end their Honda partnership in late 2025 and started racing with their own engine in 2026.
The most obvious task in front of the French speaking gradually is clear: confident Max Verustapane That their long -term future should be with red bull racing. There is a contract of Vastapane by 2028, but there are sections to escape when the performance is not good.
Red bull’s decision to participate with Horner was, in the part, a final role of the dice, which was the last roll of the dice to calm the noise around the possibility of Verustapane Racing in the next season. Whether it can be seen adequately.
The team is cautious about the upcoming rules change next year and expects to get away at the speed of the class-lead car, although any prediction of any relative performance at this stage is largely estimated.
