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Laurent Mekies To Leave FIA to Join Ferrari Technical Line-up
Scuderia Ferrari has risked bringing fresh controversy to Formula 1 by bringing in Laurent Mekies, FIA’s safety and deputy race director, into their team. After the Renault Sport Formula One Team hired FIA technical chief Marcin Budkowski last September, rival teams were critical of the move, with fears being raised that he would bring the secrets from other teams to the Enstone-based squad, and similar problems could arise with Mekies appointment. Mekies joined the FIA back in 2014, and has been overseeing all of the Safety and Medical matters for them, and ahead of the 2017 season added the role of Deputy F1 Race Director to his duties, working alongside Charlie Whiting and dealing...
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