PICTURES
01 TOST SPREADS HIS WINGS
AlphaTauri team boss to go after 17 years
02 MUSICAL CHAIRS AT MERC
Allison returns in tech director job swap
03 NEW CONTRACT FOR NEWEY
TOST OFF: NEW BOSS FOR ALPHATAURI
01 After 17 years at the helm of a Formula 1 team, Franz Tost is to step down from his role as team principal at AlphaTauri to make way for Laurent Mekies, currently racing director at Ferrari. It remains unclear, however, when exactly Mekies will be able to take up his duties at AlphaTauri’s Faenza base.
The announcement of Tost’s imminent departure was made prematurely – in response to rumours leaked to the press of Mekies’ forthcoming move from Ferrari to AlphaTauri. Initial reports of the Frenchman’s intention to leave the Maranello outfit had surfaced at the start of 2023; insiders suggested Laurent was unhappy with the reshuffle following the departure of former Scuderia boss Mattia Binotto and, in particular, the fact that his own candidacy for the role vacated by Binotto had not been considered.
Binotto’s replacement, Frédéric
