Laurent Mekies: Ricciardo, Tsunoda + RB’s mission

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🗓️ 6 March 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Brand new name. Brand new leader. Brand new ambition?

As RB enter the next era of their Formula 1 venture, is their purpose still to develop young drivers for Red Bull Racing?

Outlining his vision to Tom Clarkson, new Team Principal Laurent Mekies talks about making RB more competitive in all areas, transforming the team’s culture and mentality, and how the combination of Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda will drive them further up the grid.

Mekies also discusses how much the team has changed since he was an engineer in the Toro Rosso days, how he helped persuade drivers to introduce the life-saving halo during his time with the FIA, and what working for Ferrari meant to him.

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0:35.0	2024 marks the start of an exciting new era for RB.
0:40.0	This team is going to be about two things.
0:42.0	People and culture. You know, you need to have... This team is going to be about two things.
0:43.0	People and culture.
0:44.0	You need to have the information flowing,
0:46.0	you need to have quick decision making, you need to be performance obsessed,
0:49.0	you need to be no bullshit, you need to be no blame, you need to be all these things.
0:52.0	That's our projects. and that project is very
0:55.2	personal to Arby's new team principal loron meckyez because he was at the team
1:00.1	when Red Bull took it over in 2005.
1:03.0	When we heard the news like in the team we just couldn't believe it,
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