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'Wrong' for FIA's Mekies to end up at a competitor - Horner

Red Bull's Christian Horner qualified former FIA official Laurent Mekies' move to Ferrari as "wrong" and in breach of a tacit agreement between F1's teams. Last year's poaching by Renault of the governing body's F1 technical director Marcin Budkowski fueled an outcry from rival teams, the FIA official having had access to the teams' proprietary information before taking up his role with the French outfit. The controversial issue was subsequently addressed at F1's last Strategy Group meeting where a gentleman's agreement was put forth, stipulating that in the future teams could only employ former FIA personnel after they had completed a 12-month gardening leave period. McLaren...
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