Formula 1 | Wolff responds to Horner on the Mekies case: "For Mercedes there is no controversy"

Present in the classic Thursday press conference reserved for team principals, Toto Wolff returned to talk about the Laurent Mekies case, underlining how the FIA ​​technician's move to Ferrari is not a big problem for Mercedes. According to the Austrian, Mekies played a totally different role than Marcin Budkowski, technical manager of the FIA ​​who moved to Renault, which is why the eight months of gardening granted by Ferrari can all in all be accepted. Compared to the current Technical Director of the French team, in fact, the French engineer was dealing with completely different topics (safety on the track to be precise) and was not aware of sensitive data on single-seaters.

Here are the words of Toto Wolff: “Many people talk about a gentleman's agreement between the teams, but in that room I didn't see any gentlemanly attitude. However, leaving this aside, I believe that the Mekies case is profoundly different from the Budkwoski case. We are talking about brilliant engineers, obviously, and therefore two important losses for the FIA, but the situation for the first was significantly different."

"Marcin knew sensitive data on all the single-seaters and his position, when he announced his farewell to the Federation, could be a problem for all of us. Makies, however, he was involved in totally different activities. Areas that have nothing to do with Marcin. Laurent will join Ferrari in seven months, which is why, considering this, it's not a big problem for me. Sorry for the situation, but the Budkowski case was considerably more complex." he added.

Roberto Valenti