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“We Are Far From Finished”: Red Bull’s Taskmaster Helmut Marko Comes Out Firing Amid Burning Survival Questions

Published 12/02/2022, 5:00 PM EST

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Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko spoke about the Austrian team’s future in an interview. With the passing of the Red Bull boss, Dietrich Mateschitz, fans were afraid of having Red Bull step away from the sport after a tremendous year with Max Verstappen.

Marko assured the fans that there wasn’t a reason to worry, since Red Bull is very much here to stay. He reiterates that the Austrian team has big goals and still has a lot of titles that they’d desire to acquire. Being the hard-working team that they’ve always been, Marko stated that they’d keep trying, indeed.

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In an interview with Sport Bild magazine, Helmut shared, Our success speaks for itself. We are far from finished with our mission. We want to win more races and titles.”

“Our biggest plus has always been that we have many bright minds who don’t need a meeting with the supervisory board before anything can be initiated,” he continued.

However, going into the next season of 2023, Marko knows that the team is not bulletproof and believes, the Silver Arrows would pose a big threat to them.

Helmut Marko believes Mercedes to be the biggest threat to Red Bull in 2023

Helmut Marko touched on the subject of the budget cost cap penalty that the Austrian team would face the next season. He believes that with the restricted aero testing time, Red Bull will be at a disadvantage next year.

Meanwhile, Ferrari will also be coming through with their new boss, post the resignation of Mattia Binotto was passed.

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However, he believes that Mercedes made huge strides toward the end of 2022, considering the struggles that the team were facing from the start of the season.

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He, however, claimed that they were not afraid. He said, “Not really worried. We are on the right track for 2023 and with Max we have the best driver in the field.”

“I think we should be more afraid of Mercedes because they still have the upper hand against Ferrari in terms of strategy and durability,” he added, as per Motorsport.com.

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Red Bull is undeniably the most dominant F1 team in recent times. However, with the penalties in action, will Red Bull still manage to continue their dominance? Would Max Verstappen manage to bag a third consecutive title in the year of 2023?

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Nida Chakraborty is a Formula 1 Author at EssentiallySports. After completing her undergrad from St Xavier's College with a degree in Psychology, she had gone on to take up multiple journalistic ventures in Radio and Television. Not only has she been a producer for Fever 104 FM, one of India's leading FM radio stations, but she has also worked for MTV and Channel V.
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