Tight-Lipped Helmut Marko Puts Red Bull Civil Wars to Rest After Restructuring of $640 Million Business

Red Bull Racing has undergone a strategic re-organization after the unfortunate demise of Dietrich Mateschitz in November. The Austrian company appointed Oliver Mintzlaff to carry the reins of the sports area, which includes Red Bull and AlphaTauri F1 teams. A change in reign often brings many speculations about multiple things. Among them was the future and authority of Red Bull boss Christian Horner and chief Helmut Marko. However, the Austrian has cleared any doubts surrounding the rumors with his latest statement.

Helmut Marko met Oliver to discuss the future of the teams going forward. And after the meeting, Dr. Helmut Marko told the Austrian daily Kleine Zeitung, “It was not our first meeting, but it was the first conversation about the future and how we want to approach it.” [Translated from Google]

He continued, “We are on the same wavelength and Oliver has also been very well informed about the team. Of course, it is no secret that we are Red Bull’s flagship team. Red Bull Racing has long been in sensational numbers in terms of numbers, successes and So we quickly agreed that we want to continue the team in the same way, with success.”

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The $640 Million constructors will look forward to building on their grand success this year. However, it wasn’t as promising as it looked during the start of the season when Max Verstappen and co. suffered 2 DNFs in the opening 3 races.

Before a record-breaking year, Red Bull star Max Verstappen had serious doubts about the 2022 season

Red Bull and Max Verstappen got the best out of their RB-18 with the new rules and regulations. However, the double world champion had serious doubts going into the opening race of the season in Bahrain. However, it turned out to be a stellar season for RBR. Verstappen broke the record for most race victories in a season (15), while Sergio Perez narrowly missed out on P2 in the WDC.

When asked if he thought retaining the championship was a real possibility, Verstappen told RacingNews365.com, “Honestly, that was a very big question mark. Because of the new regulations, we had no clue on where we were going to be.”

The Dutchman also revealed that he was happy with Red Bull’s wind tunnel and the other calculations. However, he was worried about missing a potential trick that other rivals may have found.

As it worked out well for the Dutch Lion in the end, he said, “Our problem in the beginning was that we were heavily overweight, so we couldn’t really show the true potential of the car, but over time we got rid of it and the car really came alive.”

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With 17 wins this season, it will be tough even for Red Bull to better their own 2022 achievements. However, the Austrian team will hope to continue dominating the race grid. Can Red Bull win their second successive title next season?