Red Bull chief advisor Helmut Marko has shown he will continue in F1 in 2024 and plans to attend all 24 rounds of the record-breaking season.
The Red Bull team has many examples of long-standing figures in leadership roles, and adds Marko, who has been a senior advisor to any of the brand’s F1 groups since its existence, as well as director of the Red Bull Driver Academy.
Now 80, Marko is still more potent than ever in his role, and has shown that the same old post-F1 2023 conversations will be used to talk about his long career with the team, leading to speculations that he is possibly preparing to head to the team. Get out.
Formula 1 will expand to a 24-round calendar for F1 2024, which is expected to host the largest number of races the series has ever staged in a single season.
However, Marko is up for the challenge and confirms his goal of becoming a Red Bull fixture for the upcoming campaign.
Asked via OE24 if his long-term is already sorted out after hinting at imminent talks with Red Bull bosses, Marko replied: “Yes, in a positive sense, everything is progressing as planned.
As to whether this means he will compete in all 24 laps, Marko clarified: “Yes, yes, but it’s not stressful for me. “
“If I said, ‘It’s crazy what’s happening to me!’It would be difficult. But I think, Australia is beautiful, I’m looking for a way to Melbourne. From Friday at 11 a. m. until Sunday night, I do my homework for Red Bull Racing and enjoy it.
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Red Bull heads into F1 2024 with a big boost after their conquering race to the double in 2023, in which they won 21 of the 22 Grands Prix held, 19 of which were won by Max Verstappen.
And a key partner behind their success is power unit supplier Honda, a deal which Marko was responsible for pulling together and manages.
Thankfully, Marko proved that he wouldn’t possibly want to travel to Japan on an already busy schedule for 2024.
“No, everything is arranged so that I don’t have to go there anymore,” Marko confirmed.
“24 races are enough for me, and one of them is in Japan anyway.”
Red Bull will continue with Honda until the end of 2025 before the Japanese manufacturer switches to Aston Martin for new PU generations by 2026, while Red Bull will become a full-fledged manufacturer through Red Bull Powertrains and work in partnership with Ford.
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