Helmut Marko, the "terror" of any driver who wore the Red Bull suit, unless your surname is Verstappen, he could taste the iron of his own sword. From Brazil, in fact, rumors are coming that the team principal of the Milton Keynes team, Christian Horner is planning to oust Red Bull's long-serving sports director.
The Brazilian indiscretion
Helmut Marko, after the accident that caused him to lose his left eye and his career as a driver, returned to Austria where he met a young Christian Horner with whom he collaborated for the Rsm Marko, a Formula 3000 team, of which he became the owner. There have been 28 years of collaboration between the current team principal and the Red Bull sports director, and there never seems to be any good blood. But the managerial turning point came when he came into contact with Red Bull GmbH and Dietrich Mateschitz. The death of the founder of the Red Bull group, of which he was right-hand man until his death, has in fact damaged the position of the old Marko in Milton Keynes.
The indiscretion regarding the precariousness of his role comes from Brazil, from the newspaper GE.Globo, according to which in a meeting, which should take place this week, a vote will be taken to decide its future. Rowing against the former driver, in addition to Christian Horner, is also Oliver Mintzlaff, currently responsible for the sports management of the brand that arrived after the death of Dietrich Mateschitz.
Helmut Marko kicked out of Red Bull?
It seems, as reported by Brazil, that Christian Horner has never looked favorably on the veteran executive, with whom he must share many management powers at Red Bull. A few days ago later the racist statements against Sergio Perez, of which the now eighty-year-old manager was the protagonist. The media could not ignore yet another excessive statement from the former Austrian driver, which also risks compromising the image of Red Bull. Horner found himself justifying Marko's presence on the team.
"His contract is with Red Bull GmbH", he said after Singapore.
“He is not an employee, he is not paid by Red Bull Racing. Being a director does not automatically mean being an employee, as we see in other companies, so its structure is at Red Bull GmbH, it is not found in our accounting records”
Will Helmut Marko be kicked out of Red Bull? Will he say goodbye to F1?
SOURCE OF STATEMENTS: FORMULA1.IT
