New additions will take VCARB to the next level – Mekies

Visa Cash App RB team principal Laurent Mekies believes the hiring of three experienced senior personnel will help take the team to the next level in Formula 1.

Mekies himself has only started work ahead to the 2024 season after joining the former AlphaTauri team as team principal from Ferrari, and after the new team name was confirmed last week there have been further key figures announced. Tim Goss will join as chief technical officer in October following as spell as FIA technical director and at McLaren, while former Red Bull, McLaren and Lotus engineer Guillaume Cattelani is also bolstering the technical team and Alan Permane arrives as racing director.

“The appointments of Tim, Guillaume and Alan add a vast amount of winning expertise to the team, and I have no doubt that they will help take the team to the next level in F1,” Mekies said.