When the new Formula 1 season starts in a few weeks, Sebastian Vettel, a long-standing figurehead, will be missing from the starting grid. Could the four-time world champion return to Red Bull in the premier motorsport class one day? dr In an interview with RTL/ntv and sport.de, Helmut Marko commented on exactly this question.
Even before the end of last season, Dr. Helmut Marko at Red Bull the door for Sebastian Vettel. In an exclusive interview with RTL/ntv and sport.de the official now explained that he did not do this out of old solidarity, “but from the lessons learned from what a Sebastian Vettel can achieve”.
“We know how he works. We know that he is an open-minded, intelligent young man,” revealed Marko. Vettel and Red Bull – that just went together in Formula 1.
Between 2010 and 2013, the native of Heppenheim celebrated four world championship titles in a row with the team, thereby writing German motorsport history.
Formula 1: Marko wants to give Vettel time
After the 2022 season, Vettel finally ended his active career in Formula 1. “I think he has to find himself first and see what he wants exactly,” said Marko, a long-time companion on the future of the 35-year-old.
The Austrian also referred to the fact that Vettel would like to spend more time with his own family in the future. “And if he were to enter a managerial position, for example, then that would involve just as much effort and travel as he did last time,” Marko noted. You have to give Vettel “time,” said the 79-year-old.
The German ex-racing driver indicated last summer that he wanted to think about a functionary role. “It depends on the role and how serious it is,” said Vettel, who clearly ruled out a job: “I’m definitely not going to become an expert and run around telling the guys in the car what they’re doing wrong.”