Helmut Marko
With Helmut Marko, who has long served as a racing advisor for the Red Bull Racing team, stepping down after the season, the 2026 season will mark Max Verstappen’s first year competing in F1 without Marko’s direct support.
Recently, Sebastian Vettel publicly responded for the first time to the topic of Helmut Marko’s departure after more than 20 years with the Red Bull Racing team.
Red Bull’s parent company has officially announced that 82-year-old Helmut Marko will retire at the end of the 2025 season……
The name Helmut Marko resonates loudly within the F1 community, yet the details of his life are known to very few.
After confirming the driver lineup for the 2026 season, newly promoted driver Isack Hadjar revealed that his ascent to Red Bull Racing was entirely different from the team’s past traditions.
Following the Mexican Grand Prix weekend, Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko stated in a media interview that if the team performs excellently in the remaining four races, Max Verstappen still has a slim chance of winning the championship, but only if everything at Red Bull is executed perfectly.
According to GPblog, Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko shared his sharp views on the team orders issued by McLaren during the F1 Italian Grand Prix.
After introducing an upgraded version of the RB21 car at the Austrian Grand Prix, Red Bull received positive feedback.
Four-time F1 world champion Sebastian Vettel is paving the way for a possible return to F1.
During the recently concluded Spanish Grand Prix……
Helmut Marko, an advisor to the Red Bull racing team, made shocking comments before the Monaco Grand Prix, stating that the once heralded “jewel in the crown of motorsport,” the Monaco Grand Prix, has now become “a complete farce.”
Four-time Formula 1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel revealed to German media a significant signal: if he were to take over Red Bull from Helmut Marko, he would lead the team toward a “new direction.”