New Red Bull boss reveals 'truth' about F1 rivals after unexpected change

New Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies has explained how he enjoys "very good relationships" with key rivals, in contrast to former boss Christian Horner.

Racing Bulls boss Mekies was promoted to Red Bull CEO and team principal on July 9th, following Horner's dismissal from Red Bull after 20 years at the helm. 

Throughout his time in charge, Horner had fractious relationships with the likes of McLaren CEO Zak Brown and Mercedes counterpart Toto Wolff. 

All F1 bosses are involved in the F1 Commission - the body which meets to discuss and evaluate proposed changes to the regulations, with Mekies already a member through his work at Racing Bulls. 

However, given the different position of Red Bull as a leading team, the dynamics of Mekies' relationship with fellow team bosses would alter slightly. 

Addressing his relationship with the bosses Horner had tension with, Mekies explained his "truth."

"Competition on track is one thing, but having discussions together to define the positions for the future of the sport on key strategic decisions that we need to make is something normal between competitors," Mekies told media, including RacingNews365.

"As much as we will disagree and simply defend our short-term or mid-term interest, the truth is we have a very good relationship with Zak, with Andrea [Stella], but also with Toto and Fred [Vasseur] and Mattia [Binotto] and all the other guys. 

"It is a very good group and I think the F1 Commission has done enough together to be conscious that if we truly want the sport to be at the highest level it is right now, it deserves a group which tries to tune down their short-term and mid-term intetest, to discuss with the FIA and F1 on how to drive it forward.

"That's what we try to do, we don't hide our bias, but we try to be constructive about how to go about it."