Karun Chandhok reflected on Helmut Marko's tough approach and praised his bold, decisive role in shaping Red Bull's driver programme

Next year’s F1 championship will be Max Verstappen’s first at Red Bull without Helmut Marko’s advice, but the four-time World Champ need not worry as the 82-year-old says he will “of course” be his “phone a friend joker”.

Helmut Marko, the long-time motorsport advisor for Red Bull, is leaving the company at the end of the year.

Former F1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya believes that the Red Bull F1 team is at risk of ‘becoming a dictatorship’ if the company’s Austrian contingent wants to get more involved with the squad’s management.

Helmut Marko is leaving Red Bull after 20 years, but, characteristically, it doesn't appear like he wants to leave

Juan Pablo Montoya believes that Helmut Marko isn’t leaving Formula 1 because he's run out of passion – but because he's run out of power.

Ralf Schumacher has sided with Helmut Marko following the former Red Bull advisor’s recent assessment of Christian Horner. The 50-year-old, aligning his thoughts with the former Red Bull advisor, stated how the Milton Keynes-based outfit appeared to have quickly fallen apart.