Carpooling

Discover our Carpooling with Laurent Mekies

Our driver rose through the ranks at Toro Rosso, experienced the intricacies of power at the FIA, and reached the top with Ferrari before returning to the Faenza-based team. A stroll with the most Italian of French managers, now the boss of Red Bull Racing.

Published 09/07/2025 à 15:00

Jean-Michel Desnoues

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Discover our Carpooling with Laurent Mekies

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Hello Laurent. Are you inviting us into your Honda Civic Type R to talk about the power of your dreams?

I hadn't thought of it, but it's true that this " power of dreams ", which is the motto of our engine partner, perfectly illustrates what my career has been like to date.Laughs) Well, more prosaically, it's with this Type R that I go to the factory every morning when I'm not at the races.

What was your first passion vehicle?

Television! As a child, I watched Grand Prix races with my father. I was born in 1977, and my first clear memories of Grand Prix races date back to the 1986 season. Also, you'll smile, I was an avid reader ofSelf to which my father had subscribed me. I looked forward to Wednesdays. Two years later, in 1988, he brought me

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DANIEL MEYERS

10/07/2025 at 12:41 a.m.

I'm clarifying (since we still can't make corrections when proofreading after publication) Really, "focused on Ferrari" would that be just it?!

DANIEL MEYERS

10/07/2025 at 12:37 a.m.

Finally, (I'm very late!) I took the time to read it, and there, astonishment, I come across: "it's that Prost GP had turned to Ferrari for 2001" Really?! No kidding? Mr L. Mekies is sure of that? Mr JM Denoues, Grand Reporter F1, you don't know the story of Prost GP?! Anyway, if in this article there are others like that I won't waste my time continuing to read it!

Yves-Henri RANDIER

22/06/2025 at 01:06 a.m.

"If Racing Bulls speaks to the new generation of fans today" ... question: in what way does Racing Bulls speak more than Toro Rosso or AlphaTauri? You have 4 hours and I'll pick it up!

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