Toto Wolff’s “Desperate” Attempt to Poach Red Bull’s Mastermind Trolled by Helmut Marko Sending F1 World Into a Frenzy

Christian Horner recently took a dig at Mercedes when he asked where the Red Bull rivals were after dominating the Miami GP. The Red Bull taskmaster has now come forward and added salt to Toto Wolff and Co’s deep wounds by trolling the Silver Arrows’ failed attempt at Poaching the Red Bull mastermind. Fans went Berserk after reading Helmut Marko’s trolling comments. Let’s discover what did the taskmaster says and how the fans react.

Mercedes’ struggle fest continues as they fail to close the gap to the Red Bull. Many changes have been made by the Silver Arrows, including the scrapping of the zeropod concept after Lewis Hamilton’s criticism and the restructuring at the top, with James Allison being back in the technical director position. However, that was not all as Mercedes tried to sign the Red Bull CTO in an attempt to get out of this performing slump.

Adrian Newey recently signed a contract extension with Red Bull. Prior to signing the extension, there were rumors of the Red Bull CTO moving ships or retiring from the sport altogether. However, it was recently revealed that Mercedes did try to poach Adrian Newey from Red Bull. An F1 insider suggests that a former Red Bull employee who now works as Toto Wolff’s personal assistant contacted Adrian Newey with the proposal. 

Helmut Marko is a taskmaster and wants to take control of everything happening at Red Bull. The taskmaster took a dig at Mercedes as they attempted to hijack Adrian Newey. According to F1Insider.com, Helmut Marko said, “Mr. Wolff may not seem to have complete confidence to have his own people fix the problems with their car.”

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While it’s quite normal for F1 to poach personnel from its competitors like Aston Martin did last year, Marko’s comments about Wolff not trusting his workforce have sent the F1 world into a frenzy. Fans took to social media to express how they feel about the situation. 

Fans react to what Helmut Marko’s dig at Toto Wolff and Co. 

Fans took to Twitter to express their thoughts about Helmut Marko taking a shot at Mercedes. Many fans suggested how Helmut Marko ain’t missing any chance to roast the struggling Silver Arrows this season and has been dropping W after W. Others highlight Red Bull’s dominance on and off track since the season started. Let’s see how the fans have reacted. 

Many took a dig at Mercedes themselves, suggesting how Toto Wolff went from praising his team to him attempting to poach Adrian Newey.

Many suggested that Mercedes dominated the start of the V6 turbo hybrid era only because of the money they spend and because they were set up in advance. These new rules and cost cap have left Mercedes running like a headless chicken.

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What do you make of Helmut Marko’s dig at Toto Wolff and Co?