"There is no such thing as having made it, you always feel you are surviving, he says. You always feel that you should have done more yesterday, more a week ago. To step up next week, next month. You never feel you made it never, never, never. The Frenchman leads one of one of the most successful teams in Formula One's modern era."
"If you feel you made it, you feel like that on the evening of a win. Then on Monday morning, it's over, is as much as he will allow. Mekies is a fascinating character, at ease in the Red Bull motorhome for his first full interview with any British media since he took over from Horner in July. Notably he chooses to sit alongside me, rather than behind the desk in his office."
Laurent Mekies became Red Bull's team principal two months after Christian Horner's sacking and now leads one of Formula One's most successful modern teams. Mekies describes an unending drive for improvement, asserting there is no point of 'having made it' and that satisfaction from a win fades by Monday. His approach combines intense commitment and engineering precision developed over more than 20 years in the sport. The team recorded its first Grand Prix victory under his leadership at Monza with Max Verstappen. Mekies presents as earnest and thoughtful, preferring connection over a purely businesslike posture.
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