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Laurent Mekies

ローラン・メキース　/　ろーらん・めきーす

Engineer from France

April 28, 1977 (age 49)　・　Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France

Indre-et-Loire
engineer
team manager

My Take

Laurent Mekies appeals to me because he embodies the unglamorous brains behind motorsport's spectacle. A Tours-born engineer who climbed from junior single-seater paddocks through race engineering all the way to team principal, he represents the kind of methodical, technically grounded leadership I find quietly compelling. Drivers get the champagne, but people like Mekies make the thousands of cold calculations that decide a season. I trust leaders who actually understand the machine at a granular level, and his engineering roots suggest he does. I am genuinely curious to watch what kind of culture and car he builds, because his is a long game worth following.

Overview

Laurent Philippe Mekies (born 28 April 1977) is a French Formula One engineer and team principal who has held senior technical and management roles across multiple teams. He began his career in junior single-seater categories before joining Asiatech and subsequently Minardi, where he worked as a race engineer.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Laurent Mekies
Name (Japanese): ローラン・メキース
Reading: ろーらん・めきーす
Born: April 28, 1977 (age 49)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Snake
Origin: Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: engineer / team manager

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9

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