Helmut Marco, Red Bull F1 Motorsports Advisor, has accused former Renault F1 Team representative Cyril Abiteboul of joining Red Bull Powertrains as Red Bull’s F1 engine director.
Rumor has it that despite intense friction in the past, Red Bull F1 team representatives Christian Horner, Helmut Marko, and Cyril Abiteboul, who had been banished from Renault F1 at the end of 2022, talked to each other. It is said that the place was leaning.
Rumor has it that 44-year-old Cyril Abiteboul will lead Red Bull Technologies, Red Bull’s new F1 engine program.
“I really don’t know where this nonsense came from,” Helmut Marko told f1-insider.com.
“It’s totally nonsense. Ben Hodgkinson will continue to be the leader of our engine project. I hope he can start working as soon as possible.”
Helmut Marko also responded to reports that Red Bull F1’s remarks by Alexander Albon in 2021 were meant to warn Red Bull Racing’s competitiveness in 2022.
Alex Albon said that actually focusing on the title battle with Mercedes F1 until the end of the season would not affect the development of the Red Bull F1’s 2022 F1 machine, but in fact in the second half of the 2021 season. He said he was concentrating his resources on the work of the RB16B.
“Albon’s remarks were misinterpreted,” Helmut Marko claimed.
“I can only say that I want to keep the Max Verstappen title, and I’m in a very good position to do so.”
“Two different development programs were running in 2021. Both worked. Why believe Mercedes and we won’t be the winners again this year unless someone finds the Philosopher’s Stone in the new regulations. There is no ”
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