Crimson Bull has prolonged Laurent Mekies’s contract as CEO and Workforce Principal of Crimson Bull Racing till the tip of 2031.
Shareholder Mark Mateschitz made the announcement at a workforce debrief in Milton Keynes on Wednesday. It got here days after Max Verstappen gained at Sepang after which took each the dash and the grand prix in Singapore.
The extension follows contract renewals for Verstappen and Isack Hadjar, and the signing of what Crimson Bull known as “key personnel” for 2027. The workforce didn’t identify them. It additionally didn’t say how lengthy Mekies’s earlier contract needed to run.
Mekies, changed Christian Horner in July 2025. He had beforehand been Workforce Principal at sister workforce Racing Bulls. Earlier than that he held senior roles at Minardi, Toro Rosso, the FIA and Ferrari.
In a joint assertion, shareholders Mateschitz and Chalerm Yoovidhya mentioned Mekies had steered the workforce “by way of an essential interval of transition.”
Oliver Mintzlaff, Crimson Bull’s CEO of company initiatives and investments, mentioned continuity in management was “a key ingredient for sustained success.”
Mekies credited the groups led by technical director Pierre Waché and powertrains chief Ben Hodgkinson.
Crimson Bull missed the 2025 drivers’ title by two factors after a powerful second half of the season underneath Mekies.
2026 is the workforce’s first season with its personal energy unit, constructed by Crimson Bull Ford Powertrains. It gained its first race solely on the Bahrain Grand Prix in Sepang. Verstappen gained it from pole, 2.3 seconds forward of Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli.
