Laurent Mekies: Red Bull team principal says Christian Horner can’t be replaced like Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United | F1 News

Red Paul Laurent Machiz team, Christian Horner cannot be replaced in a similar way to Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United.

Horner was surprisingly dismissed after more than 20 years responsible for Red Ball, as the team begins in a new era without the team coach often explicitly, which led them to eight drivers and six titles.

Ferguson is one of the greatest football managers ever and turned to Manchester United from the mid -table team to the serial winners.

Request before Sky SPORTS F1 If Red Bull without Horner like Manchester United loses Ferguson, Mecs said: “No one can replace Sir Alex and no one can replace Christian.

“We are all different. I think what matters most is that the group is incredible.

“What we want to do is to understand this group as well as possible, and create a small or other competitive feature that you will need to add if we want to return to fight for victories and championships.”

Mekies had to think about Red Bull for “a few hours”

Mixes, who was the team manager in the bull race, says he was asked to replace Horner with “a few hours” before Red Ball announced the dismissal of the 51 -year -old.

The French received a call from the administrative director of Red Paul Oliver Mentlef and Chancellor Helmut Marco while he was at the Rising Bulls factory in the United Kingdom.

“He came out of the blue color at that moment for me. I had to think [about] It is for a few hours. “

“It was difficult to digest, but the first thing that comes to your mind is,” Wait again, it is Red Bull, they are calling you and asking you to enter this job. “

“With everything Red Bull – his energy and spirit and how they go to the race – you take the phone and go” of course, it is an honor and privilege. “

Mekies began his F1 career in the Arrows team in the early first decade of the twentieth century before turning into Minardi, which was bought by Red Bull at the end of 2005 and was renamed as Toro Rosso.

He joined FIA as director of safety in 2014, where he played a major role in the introduction of Halo and the deputy director of the race in 2017, then they switched to Ferrari in 2018 as a sports director, and later vice president, before returning to the Red Bull family at the beginning of 2024 as a team manager in Bulls.

Mikis says Horner has been “very supportive” with him in the past two years and sent him over the past two weeks.

“It was nothing else but a supporter, even in the very difficult context for him,” he said.

“He was the first to focus on him, the first one to call him [after the news]. Until this morning, we sent each other again.

“Is there any way, someone can do the same with Christian?

Mekies provides a change to Red Bull

Sky Sports’ Nigel Chiu at SPA Francorchaamps:

“Laurent Mecs came to the press conference hall with a vague smile and shook the hands of journalists in the front row from the network, before sharing a joke with Sky Sports F1 David Coft – Stay tuned for Netflix’s Drive to survive.

“Not a lot about goals or Max Verstapen is simply mentioned that Red Bull only wants a competitive car.

“Several times, he referred to the people of the Red Bull team and how” incredible ” – the topic that the bull drivers are in the Isack Hadjar and Layam Lawson team also attributed to experienced Mekies.

“He has an engineering background, which has moved the likes of McLaren, Williams and Has recently, and Red Ball also moved in this direction under Mecs.”

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