Laurent Mekies

That's the privilege you have when you get that type of job is to get to know these people and try to support them.

The only thing we do, you are going to be very disappointed.

The only thing we do is to make sure our people have what they need to work.

That's the only thing we do.

It's like you're empowering people, right?

It means create the best working environment for your people to express their talents.

So yes, it means empowering them as much as you can.

And it means make sure that you have the right people and you keep the right people.

You know what?

This team is striking me and I'm sure quite a few others in how close to pure racing it is.

Every single person on the campus is trying to make the car 1,000th of a second faster and is obsessed about that.

And all we try to do as a team principle on top of the people aspect is to make sure that

our group is not disturbed or slowed down or distracted by what you call the politics, but can actually focus on what they love to do and what they are so good at.

So really, is there a lot of politics in the job?

Of course there is.

But the way we look at it is let's try to keep that to the minimum.

Let's concentrate on getting a fast car.

If you get a fast car, everything else gets sorted.

You know, at first you need to give a huge credit to Christian's results, speak for themselves.

They have been historical and, you know, Christian was leading that team, making it grow and therefore, you know, hats off to what has been done.