2023-10-20 02:07:25
Despite the world title won for the second consecutive year, at Red Bull there are more tensions than relief. The thing is Max Verstappen, three-time champion, would have threatened to leave the team out of a gesture of loyalty. What happened and what is the future of the Dutch star.
Red Bull, in conflict
By winning his sixth title Builders five dates from the end of the 2023 season of the Formula 1 -second in a row-, at Red Bull you don’t experience the joy you could. On the contrary: there is a focus of conflict around the Dr. Helmut Marko. As reported F-1 Insiderthe former driver and advisor to the Austrian team does not have a good relationship with Christian Hornerhead of the team, who initiated a sort of ‘coup’ against Marko.
Christian Horner
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Horner would also pretend to be in charge of Alpha Tauri, the peripheral team, in order to choose which drivers will sign contracts. For that, he would need to get Helmut, who was the right-hand man of the late Dietrich Mateschitz, founder of the company, out of the way. Since the death, Horner would have found the right reason to go against Marko, although this seems immovable in the structure. Above all, because they both started with political strategies and Marko moved faster, in silence and touching the necessary contacts.
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Verstappen would have threatened to leave Red Bull
As part of his political movement, Helmut Marko gained a fundamental ally: Max Verstappenwhom he has known since he was 16, when the Dutchman was racing karting and joined the driver development program at Red Bull.
Always according to information from F-1 Insider, at Verstappen’s request, a source made the rider’s position clear to Oliver Mintzlaff, an investor in Red Bull: “If Marko had to leave, he would leave too.”
It should be remembered that, as reported by Daily Mail and The Telegraph, Verstappen signed a five-year contract with the team in exchange for $53 million per season; although it seems clear that out of loyalty to Marko, he would be willing to leave. For now, both will remain in the Austrian team.
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