The 67-year-old Tost says 2023 will be his last as AlphaTauri team leader.
last October. Tost was forced to publicly dismiss rumors earlier in 2023 that AlphaTauri was for sale, insisting such speculation was without foundation, and emphasized that Red Bull’s new managing director Oliver Mintzlaff was committed to its continuation.
Mintzlaff has now enacted managerial changes that will see Tost transition into a consultancy role in 2024, with Mekies becoming AlphaTauri’s new team principal. An exact starting date for Mekies has not been determined.Mekies’ appointment as AlphaTauri’s new team principal returns him to the operation where he spent 12 years, between 2002 and 2014, initially as a race engineer before becoming head of vehicle performance.
Mekies left to join the FIA, as safety director and deputy race director, but only four years later departed to take up a senior role at Ferrari. Mekies, who was effectively second-in-command at Ferrari, departs only a few months after the arrival ofIn addition to Mekies, AlphaTauri has also announced the appointment of Peter Bayer as its new chief executive officer. Bayer was employed by the FIA as its F1 executive director and secretary general for sport but left the governing body in 2022.
Mekies is due to oversee the day-to-day running of AlphaTauri while Bayer will front the squad’s strategic direction across its facilities in Faenza, Italy and Bicester, England.
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