Oliver MintzlaffCEO of Red Bull responsible for sports projects, he doesn’t usually give interviews and prefers to remain in the background in Formula 1.
But recently he made an exception and this interview coincided with the loss of Adrian Neweyone of the main figures at Red Bull.
Now, beyond Newey, the future of Helmut Marko It is Max Verstappen in the team is a subject of great debate. Supposedly, the duo could switch to Mercedes.
Mintzlaff, who had previously rejected the idea of Verstappen moving to Mercedes, said Marko would also remain at the team.
“Switching to Mercedes? I think that’s out of the question,” Mintzlaff said in an interview with Bild.
“Helmut is very committed to Red Bull and we owe him a lot.”
“He also had the courage to bring Max into F1 when he was just 17.” he said.
The Red Bull CEO denied having any disagreement with Christian Horner and reiterated his confidence in him: ‘Can we continue to be successful with him? Personally, I believe we can do this. He only thinks about winning with the team.”
“He’s a very good CEO,” he concluded.
