Helmut Marko Denies Zak Brown’s Accusations, Days After McLaren CEO and Toto Wolff Question Red Bull’s Situation

The drama at Red Bull continues, and it all started with the accusations against Christian Horner, followed by an investigation. Jos Verstappen warned Red Bull that Christian Horner staying at the team would lead to an explosion, and so far, it looks like Verstappen Sr’s comments are coming to life. And now that Zak Brown and Toto Wolff questioned the employee morale at Red Bull, Helmut Marko has come out to deny all the accusations. 

Earlier last week, Adrian Newey announced his exit from Red Bull after a week filled with rumors of him leaving. The Red Bull Chief Technical Officer was reported to be discontent with the team and did not want to get involved in the power struggles happening to the team after Horner’s investigation. With the rumors of Max Verstappen and Helmut Marko leaving the team also circling the paddock, it gave a chance to the rivals to take a shot at the Milton Keynes-based team. 

Talking about Adrian Newey’s exit, Zak Brown suggested that Red Bull is destabilizing and that Newey is just the first domino to fall. He advised on all the Red Bull resumes flying around the paddock. Toto Wolff then backed Zak Brown’s comments confirming that the Red Bull resumes are indeed coming thick and fast. However, Helmut Marko has now rubbished all these accusations explaining there are no signs of the same happening at Red Bull. 

According to Speedweek, Helmut Marko wrote, “I am personally very sorry about that, but over the years we have become very broad and well positioned in the technical team, with experienced people like Pierre Waché and younger people like Enrico Balbo and Ben Waterhouse. We are well positioned in all areas and I think it is wishful thinking on the part of the competition that a domino effect will occur. So far there are no signs of that.”

And it isn’t only Helmut Marko who’s hit back at Brown and Wolff but also Christian Horner and Max Verstappen.

Max Verstappen bashes Zak Brown for his attempt to “Stir Things Up” at Red Bull

After Zak Brown and Toto Wolff made the accusations of the Red Bull Resumes, Christian Horner wasn’t just going to sit back and slam the two team bosses. Horner asked Wolff and Brown to look at their own team and solve the problems within their teams first. He also added how Red Bull shouldn’t be the one worried as they were the ones who hired 220 employees from Mercedes, rather than the other way around. And now Max Verstappen has come to support Horner’s claims

According to Motorsport, Max Verstappen took a dig at Brown as he said, “He obviously wants to stir things up. For us as a team, we can’t do anything with comments like that. From his point of view, I understand it of course, because everyone is trying to attract our people and that is completely normal in the world of Formula 1 as well. But I’m not really interested in those things either. I see the headlines, but I don’t even click on them”

What do you think about the ongoing power struggle at Red Bull? Are Zak Brown and Toto Wolff right?