“First of all, I am honored that I can work in this team, and on top of that that I can work with Max Verstappen,” said Frenchman Laurent Mekies in conversation with Sky Sport Italia.
“It is a privilege to work for both. I previously only knew Max as an opponent, now we are in the same team and I see up close how extraordinary he is.”
“Max is ultimately…”, he searches for words. “He is synonymous with motorsport. He lives for it day and night. Besides the great things you see when he is in the car, he has a big heart for the sport.”
And that goes quite far: “If you call him on Monday morning, there is a good chance that he will be in the simulator. If you give him a weekend off, he will go racing on a circuit somewhere else in the world.” “
“It is wonderful to see this pure passion from someone, in the sport that we all love,” the Red Bull team boss concludes his praise for his new pupil.
