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FIA confirm Menkies to depart and join Ferrari
FIA's safety director Laurent Mekies is leaving the FIA to join Ferrari in a quest to bolster their technical team ahead of the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship season which begins in Australia on the weekend of 23-25 March. Last year Renault's controversial hiring of former FIA technical chief Marcin Budkowski sparked discord among other teams, including Ferrari. Mekies was regarded as the heir to the F1 Race Director role currently held by Charlie Whiting and again the appointment could ruffle feathers in the paddock. After six months ‘gardening leave' Mekies will join the Maranello team in September, bringing to an end an almost four your stint with the FIA. Official FIA ...
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