The recently departed Red Bull advisor did not hold back about how the team got things wrong in 2025 - and was not afraid to pull any punches.

Marko has been a pivotal figure in developing the Red Bull team since its inception, but perhaps his most significant contribution to the organisation has come through the junior team. The 82-year-old was responsible for bringing the likes of Max Verstappen, Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo through the team’s ranks, managing the youth stable.

Red Bull’s influential auto racing adviser Helmut Marko is retiring from his role at the age of 82 after 20 years in which he helped Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen develop into four-time Formula 1 champions.

Helmut Marko, the long-time motorsport advisor for Red Bull, is leaving the company at the end of the year.

New factors continue to surface. Reports have claimed that Marko's position reportedly worsened in Singapore when Chalerm Yoovidhya, the head of Red Bull’s Thai shareholders, was allegedly unhappy with certain aspects of his behavior in the paddock.

Marko was already advising the energy drink giant on driver development before it acquired what is now the Red Bull F1 team.

Red Bull has confirmed that long-standing motorsport advisor Helmut Marko will leave the organization at the end of the year. The 82-year-old Austrian has been

Red Bull has said that Helmut Marko is leaving on his own terms, but circumstances suggest a far more complicated unraveling.