Mekies’ appointment comes after a tumultuous 18-month interval at Crimson Bull that began with Horner being accused of sexual harassment and coercive controlling behaviour by a feminine worker.
Two inner investigations dismissed the allegations towards Horner, who has at all times denied the claims.
This was adopted by the departures of chief technical officer Adrian Newey and sporting director Jonathan Wheatley, and the resignation of head of technique Will Courtenay, who has signed for McLaren however is being held to his contract by Crimson Bull in the interim.
“You don’t see witnesses,” Mekies stated. “You see a variety of need from everybody to get that Crimson Bull power, to maybe to cut back the noise outdoors, simply to focus on racing. That is what you see and that is what we’re going to attempt to do collectively.”
Mekies stated he had not skilled any negativity from Crimson Bull employees within the wake of the departure of their boss of 20 years.
“All people has been extremely supportive,” he stated. “Keen to open the door, prepared to talk, to pay attention, what had been the restrictions, what had been the strengths, how will we go subsequent about going again to the racetrack and preventing at an excellent greater stage tomorrow? That is what I hope.”
And he stated Horner, who was instrumental in Mekies being tackle for his earlier function as boss of Crimson Bull’s second workforce, had been “nothing else than supportive, which may be very spectacular within the context”.
Wheatley, who was attending the identical information convention as Mekies in his function as workforce principal of Sauber/Audi, stated: “Laurent is an extremely spectacular individual. He is been a pal of mine for a extremely very long time and he has an exquisite manner of managing folks.
“The workforce principal’s function may be very a lot to encourage the workforce, to place the correct folks in the correct positions and provides them the perfect alternatives and the instruments they should do the job. I’ve little doubt by any means that Laurent goes to excel in that specific regard.”
