MELBOURNE, Australia -- The new Formula One season is less than 48 hours old, but two of its biggest teams have already engaged in a war-of-words in the paddock.
The team principals of Ferrari and Red Bull went head-to-head in Friday's FIA press conference, arguing over the Italian team's hiring of FIA safety delegate Laurent Mekies.
Ferrari announced last week that Mekies would join its team on September 20 following a six-month period of gardening leave. The hiring immediately ruffled feathers among rival teams following the recent spat over Renault's hiring of the FIA's former technical head Marcin Budkowski.