{"id":295064,"date":"2025-11-19T15:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/295064\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T15:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:14:10","slug":"helmut-marko-on-choosing-champions-at-red-bull-and-finding-the-next-verstappen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/295064\/","title":{"rendered":"Helmut Marko on choosing champions at Red Bull \u2013 and finding the next Verstappen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Every driver who wants to win with Red Bull needs to impress Helmut Marko.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">The veteran Motorsport Advisor oversees the team\u2019s young driver programme and helped launch the careers of Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen. A former F1 driver himself, he knows what it takes to race under the highest pressure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Helmut tells Beyond The Grid host Tom Clarkson about his life in racing: childhood adventures in Austria with future World Champion Jochen Rindt, and the serious eye injury which ended his driving career just as he was about to join Ferrari.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">He shares the story of how he met Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz, and how they started the F1 team which would go on to win races and championships with Vettel and Verstappen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Plus, Helmut explains how Verstappen and Team Principal Laurent Mekies have changed the team\u2019s approach in 2025, and picks the young driver with potential to be a future champion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">To listen to this week\u2019s episode, simply hit go on the audio player above or <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiY2xpY2tfaGVyZV9saW5rX2NsaWNrZWQiLCJjbGlja1RleHQiOnRydWUsInBhdGgiOiJodHRwczovL3BvZGZvbGxvdy5jb20vZjEtYmV5b25kLXRoZS1ncmlkL3ZpZXciLCJwYXRoVHlwZSI6ImV4dGVybmFsIn0=\" href=\"https:\/\/podfollow.com\/f1-beyond-the-grid\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">click here<\/a> to listen via your preferred podcasting platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">You can also check out a huge selection of previous episodes \u2013 spanning every decade of F1 \u2013 in our dedicated Beyond The Grid library <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiaGVyZV9saW5rX2NsaWNrZWQiLCJjbGlja1RleHQiOnRydWUsInBhdGgiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5mb3JtdWxhMS5jb20vZW4vbGF0ZXN0L3RhZ3MvYmV5b25kLXRoZS1ncmlkLjYzSEdpNlEwZ3JFZzFUb1pCdFBOUTkiLCJwYXRoVHlwZSI6ImludGVybmFsIn0=\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/latest\/tags\/beyond-the-grid.63HGi6Q0grEg1ToZBtPNQ9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every driver who wants to win with Red Bull needs to impress Helmut Marko. 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