Dr Helmut Marko has taken on a brand new position as ambassador for the Purple Bull Ring, house of the Austrian Grand Prix, which is able to happen on 26-28 June.
The 82-year-old stepped down from his place as motorsport adviser and chief of the junior workforce at Purple Bull on the finish of 2025. Talking throughout an occasion in Vienna on Thursday, Marko confirmed his new position to Austrian publication .
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Marko labored as an adviser to Purple Bull from the time it joined the Components 1 grid in 2005 and oversaw the Purple Bull Junior Group since its founding as a driver growth programme in 2001. He was instrumental within the growth of four-time champions and and different drivers, together with , and .
“We had a tough season this yr,” Marko stated after confirming his retirement in 2025. “It was significantly bumpy within the center. We had been 104 factors behind in Holland. Then we began a comeback that was definitely distinctive. However sadly, it did not work out within the final race. We misplaced the championship by two factors.
“Though this comeback was distinctive, it was nonetheless a really bitter disappointment. It hit us significantly onerous. Even after the race, I felt that one thing had been misplaced.
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Helmut Marko, Purple Bull Racing
Helmut Marko, Purple Bull Racing
“I then stayed in Dubai on Monday. That is once I made my choice. Even when we had gained, it will have been a superb cause to go away this job. However now, in hindsight, as a result of we misplaced, it is also a superb level.”
The Milton Keynes outfit is now confronted with a tricky season forward because it struggles with the 2026 regulation change. It at present sits sixth within the constructors’ standings after the primary three rounds of the yr. Verstappen is at present ninth within the drivers’ standings with 12 factors and his new team-mate is twelfth with 4 factors.
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