US EditionHelmut Marko Didn’t Understand Max Verstappen’s “Thought Process” During Spanish GP: “All Hell Broke Loose”
- Helmut Marko, Red Bull's F1 advisor, expressed confusion over Max Verstappen's decision-making during the chaotic final laps of the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona.
- The turmoil started after the safety car restart on lap 61 when Verstappen lost third place to Charles Leclerc, who Marko said drove into Verstappen's car on the straight.
- Verstappen's frustration escalated as Mercedes driver George Russell capitalised, leading to two clashes between Verstappen and Russell at Turn 5 on lap 64, including a deliberate collision.
- Verstappen received a 10-second penalty and three points, putting him one penalty point from a race ban, and he later apologised on social media, calling the move "not right" and "shouldn't have happened."
- The incidents cost Verstappen significant championship points, leaving Marko to call the actions unnecessary and reflecting on Verstappen's troubled recent relations with Russell and race emotions.
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"It was a mistake to think that a new tire would be better than a used one," said Dr. Helmut Marko Red Bull's strategy in Barcelona for Max Verstappen's missed race in the ServusTV broadcast "Sport and Talk from Hangar-7."The decisions are made at Pit-Wall. There are 70 people working on it. We went in with a two-stop strategy, but we noticed that we can't go along with the pace and reduce the tires. That was the right decision. We were close to…
Is Max Verstappen soon driving alongside Formula 1 also in another racing series? Helmut Marko is now listening.
Red Bull went through a tense moment after the controversial incident of Max Verstappen in the Spanish Grand Prix. Helmut Marko, a team advisor, acknowledged that his pilot made a “serious error of judgment” by deliberately impacting George Russell after the re-launch of the race, and accepted that Verstappen deserved the sanction imposed by the commissars. The critical moment came on round 64, few turns after the safety car. According to Marko,…
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