Apr.24 (GMM) 2025 may very well be Dr Helmut Marko’s final season because the high-profile and highly effective advisor at Pink Bull.
The 81-year-old has really hinted at this a number of occasions just lately – even naming, in Saudi Arabia final weekend, quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel as his superb successor.
And fewer than a month in the past, he mentioned Max Verstappen’s potential departure from Pink Bull on the finish of this yr “may very well be a superb cause” to step away.
There are additionally fixed rumours that the Austrian’s relationship with Pink Bull group boss Christian Horner has fully damaged down.
Pink Bull CEO Oliver Mintzlaff freely admitted at Jeddah that Horner and Marko have their “ups and downs”.
“Helmut was the one who employed Christian in 2005,” he informed Bild newspaper. “They’ve an enormous connection.
“It’s clear that with all of the stress, feelings, and keenness, emotions can generally run excessive,” Mintzlaff added. “However then it’s a must to sit down and focus on it behind closed doorways. And that’s what we’re doing.”
Properly-known former F1 supervisor and engineer Joan Villadelprat, nonetheless, thinks Marko actually is poised to retire.
Citing his insider sources, Villadelprat declared on the Duralavita podcast that Marko will go away Pink Bull – and due to this fact F1 – on the finish of the season.
On Servus TV just a few weeks in the past, Marko admitted that he “can think about” life past Method 1. “It is going to be a change,” he mentioned, “however I’ve a variety of pursuits.
“I don’t take into consideration Method 1 on a regular basis. Once I’m there, that’s the main target. However life provides you a lot else.”
