Red Bull completed an important milestone in its history in 2025. After the departure of Adrian Newey from Aston Martin and the dismissal of Christian Horner, the departure of advisor Helmut Marko This means goodbye to the three fundamental pillars of the team since their arrival in F1 in 2005. This latest decision was full of controversy, as the former Austrian driver said. harshly indicted against the former team leader.
“We had to do something because the performance on the track was not there. If we had done it before (late Christian Horner), we would have been faster on the track this year and Max would have been world champion. I’m absolutely convinced of that,” he said in an interview for From Limburg.
“Do you remember when, during the Sergio Pérez era, it was said that I said that Mexicans were less concentrated than the Dutch or the Germans? This was inventedmaybe because of them. Just like when I said our engine development wasn’t going well and we were going to lose Ford. “I never said that,” the counselor explained.
“Horner wanted to use it to suspend mebut as Max entered the scene in Jeddah, this did not happen. More frequently, we were able to show that Horner lied about everything and once Chalerm (Yoovidhya, Red Bull majority shareholder) realized that too, he reconsidered his point of view,” said the Austrian, whose close relationship with Verstappen has been widely documented.
“That’s what was always portrayed in the media, but it was never personal. Together with Didi (Mateschitz), I founded Red Bull Racing in 2005. We appointed Horner as boss and I was there as a supervisor. Basically, the power was still in Austria, we decided. I remember a party before the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix, Didi was there, but not in good condition. Christian came to me and said: “The year will not end”“
“From that point on, he began to gain Chalerm Yoovidhya’s trust. When Didi died later that year, did everything to take control with the support of Yoovidhya. “I did everything I could on behalf of Austria to prevent this,” Helmut Marko said.
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