Alesi: Vasseur will have to rely on Mekis a lot

Jean Alesi, a former Formula 1 driver who played for Ferrari in the best years of his career, is convinced that Frederic Vasseur, who has just managed the Scuderia, will have to rely a lot on Laurent Mekies, the team’s sports director.

Vasseur, despite all his previous experience acquired during the years of management of teams such as Renault and Sauber, later renamed Alfa Romeo, will have to face the most difficult tasks in Maranello to meet the expectations associated with him . It is clear that he will need loyal allies, and Alesi thinks Mekis should become one of them.

“Certainly, to move the team forward, it is necessary to make changes for the better in some aspects,” he shared in an interview with Italian magazine Autosprint. – I believe that Vasseur will have to rely a lot on Laurent Mekis. He has been with Ferrari for a number of years and is ideally suited to the role of a person who will help the new leader figure out which areas need reform and which don’t, as the team has potential.

For example, if they told me that Ferrari was increasingly speaking French, I immediately protested. Maranello is located in Italy, where you only need to speak Italian. But let’s be honest, there were times last year when Ferrari seemed helpless in terms of tactics, and something definitely needs to change in that regard or the team is not going to succeed.