Red Bull Boss Justifies Max Verstappen’s Mammoth F1 Deal

Helmut Marko has justified Max Verstappen’s salary at Red Bull. The Red Bull top executive is of the opinion that Max’s paygrade will be beneficial for both sides. Not only Max will be happy to get such a hike in his salary, but also Red Bull will be more than happy to provide him that.

Max signed a whopping $50 million contract with Red Bull till 2028. Apart from delivering the F1 title, the 24-year-old driver has managed to grab his team some excellent sponsorships for this season. And the American tech giants Oracle is among them.

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Talking about Max’s new contract, Helmut conveyed, “I don’t want to speculate about the numbers. I can only say that both sides are happy and will be happy with the deal. You can see the great value we place on Max Verstappen from the length of the new contract.” Red Bull generally does not sign such long-term contracts.”

How did Max Verstappen help Red Bull?

This, as many understand, has come after Verstappen managed to knock Lewis Hamilton off to pick his maiden F1 Championship. Team Red Bull expressed that they were elated with the Dutchman’s performance. For the first time, in the post Hybrid era, Red Bull have managed to make a mark in Driver’s championship.

The Austrian team dominated the sport from 2010 to 2013 with the help of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber. After that, it was all the Mercedes affair in the Driver’s as well as in Constructor’s Championship. Max helped the Milton-Keynes-based team to make a dent in Mercedes’ long dominance.

Although they didn’t win the Constructor’s Championship, the Austrian team is quite happy with their achievement last season. The energy drink-owned team picked up 585.5 points in total and missed the P1 by just 28 points. Verstappen alone scored 395.5 points picking up a staggering 10 wins and 18 podiums.

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The Austrian team would be looking forward to reliving 2021 as they anticipate Max to defend his title. Moreover, this time, Red Bull will also try to snatch the Constructor’s Championship away from Mercedes. It’ll be interesting to see the battle between the 2 dominating teams all over again.