{"id":340410,"date":"2025-12-12T12:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/340410\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T12:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:33:09","slug":"vettel-praises-marko-as-succession-rumors-swirl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/340410\/","title":{"rendered":"Vettel praises Marko as succession rumors swirl"},"content":{"rendered":"

(GMM) Sebastian Vettel (pictured taking the garbage out at the Sao Paulo GP) has re-emerged in the conversation just as Dr Helmut Marko\u2019s abrupt Red Bull exit continues to dominate headlines.<\/p>\n

Although Red Bull has reportedly briefed through Sky Deutschland<\/a> that it does not plan to replace Marko\u2019s advisory role, the 82-year-old himself left the door ajar when departing.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy suggestion is irrelevant,\u201d he said. \u201cRed Bull decides everything. There are many names, but no decisions yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now Ralf Schumacher has poured fuel on the speculation. Speaking to sport.de, he insisted Red Bull will fill the vacancy.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn era comes to an end,\u201d said the former F1 driver. \u201cThis applies to the entire youth program. There are rumors about who will take his place. And it\u2019s a good person. Who? Unfortunately, I can\u2019t say.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut if everything goes according to plan, it will be a real sensation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Given ongoing whispers all season that Vettel could be considered for a Red Bull leadership role, Ralf\u2019s wording immediately reignited that theory.<\/p>\n

Related Article:\u00a0Formula 1 News: Vettel not only candidate to replace Marko<\/a><\/p>\n

At the very same time, 38-year-old Vettel has broken his recent silence \u2013 but only to comment on Marko himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was just as surprised as everyone else,\u201d he told Sport1. \u201cI wish Helmut all the best for his future and a well-earned retirement.\u201d<\/p>\n

He paid strong tribute to the man who guided him to four world titles: \u201cHe is the architect of the success of Red Bull Racing and Toro Rosso. Not only regarding driver selection \u2013 key decisions concerning team structure, personnel, and strategy also went back to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vettel added: \u201cHelmut can call himself the originator of Red Bull\u2019s success in Formula 1.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former Red Bull juniors also reflected on Marko\u2019s impact. Christian Klien \u2013 the first Red Bull-backed driver Marko pushed into F1 with Jaguar \u2013 told Kronen Zeitung: \u201cThis school was tough, but Helmut always proved he could discover and nurture exceptional talent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Austrian GT star Philipp Eng agreed, recalling his own introduction at age 14: \u201cWithout him, my karting career would have been over.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut when I was invited to Graz for an interview and we arrived an hour and a half late because of a huge traffic jam, I thought: \u2018That\u2019s that then.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Related Article before Marko retired:\u00a0Formula 1 News: Red Bull said \u2018no\u2019 to Vettel replacing Marko<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(GMM) Sebastian Vettel (pictured taking the garbage out at the Sao Paulo GP) has re-emerged in the conversation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-340410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}