Helmut Marko names axed F1 star his “biggest mistake” as Red Bull advisor
Helmut Marko names his "biꦗggest mistake" from during his time in F1.
Helmut Marko has named signing 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nyck De Vries his “biggest mistake” as Red Bull’s F1 advisor.
Marko h✨as played a key role at Red Bull since 2005, looking after their junior programme.
The Austrian is often responsible for deciding which young drivers are signed to the team and who makes their F1 debut with Racing Bulls (formerly AlphaTauri andꦐ Toro Rosso).
Following 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pierre Gasly’s decision to 🦄leave the team at the end of 2022 for A🧸lpine, Red Bull faced a driver shortage.
They r✤efused to give the seat🧜 to any of their junior drivers, opting to sign De Vries.
De Vries scored points in his one-off appearance for Williams in place of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Albon at the 2022 Italian Grand Prix.
However, the Dutchman strugg🔯led to perform when given the full-time seat for 2023.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo ultimately replaced him after just 10 races.
“My biggest mis꧂take? No doubt about it, it’s Nyck De Vries,” Marko told Autosprint.
“He did very well on his debut f𓃲or Williams in Monza. But once he got to♏ AlphaTauri, he didn’t progress.
“He had an incredible track record, FIA F2 champion, also Formula E world champion, but with us the st🎐opwatch said Nyck was the wrong choice. And in trying to go faster, he made mistakes.”
Marko and 𒊎Red Bull have learned from their mistakes, opting to promote from within for F1 2025🍨.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Liam Lawson has replaced168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Sergio Perez alongside 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen, while Isack Hadjar has joined 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda at RB.
Red Bull’s successful junior programme
Red ♈Bull’💃s junior programme has been incredibly successful.
Sebastian Vettel and Verstappen ♛came thr♚ough it, winning multiple world titles with Red Bull.
Ricciardo won seven of his eight races with the team, while Gasly was victoriou💦s with their junior outfit in 2020.
Carlos Sainꦕz left the Red Bull family to enjoy a great career with Renault, McLaren, and, more recently, Ferrari.
E🐠ight drivers on the current F1 grid have been part of the Red Bull junior programme at some point in their careers.
Verstappen𒆙, Sainz, Gasly, Albon, Tsunoda, Hadjar, Lawson and Jack Doohan are the eight drivers.
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