Mekies was called by Red Bull management and told them he would think about it, before putting the phone down, and then calling them back to accept the role. <\/p>\n
Carlos Sainz thinks Mekies is the \u201cperfect fit\u201d for Red Bull<\/a>, having worked with him at Ferrari, but Ted Kravitz<\/a> has highlighted one change he won\u2019t be making when speaking on Sky Sports F1<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mekies comes from France, having studied there to gain his degree in engineering, but there were questions over whether he would move to the UK.<\/p>\n Similarly, with Racing Bulls, their new team principal is now Alan Permane, and he is based in the UK. Kravitz says neither has plans to move closer to their team\u2019s bases any time soon. <\/p>\n \u201cThe strange thing about Alan Permane is that he\u2019s an English guy in charge of an Italian team, and we understand he\u2019s not going to move to Faenza to be full-time in the Racing Bulls factory that used to be Minardi,\u201d said Kravitz. <\/p>\n \u201cLaurent Mekies is a Frenchman in charge of an English team and we believe he isn\u2019t going to move full time from wherever he lives in Milton Keynes.\u201d<\/p>\n Red Bull sees first piece of success under Laurent Mekies at Belgian Grand Prix<\/p>\n The first bit of success for Mekies came over the Belgian GP weekend when Max Verstappen won the Sprint race on the Saturday. <\/p>\n Verstappen powered past Oscar Piastri on the opening lap, utilising his superior straight-line speed down the Kemmel Straight. <\/p>\n Piastri could not overtake Verstappen for the lead, with the McLaren driver going on to finish in second place while the Dutchman won his first race under Mekies. <\/p>\n![\"F1](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2227120384-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by Ryan Pierse\/Getty ImagesTed Kravitz says Laurent Mekies will not be moving full-time to Milton Keynes<\/p>\n