Helmut Marko scratches Fernando Alonso

Team Advisor Red Bull Racing, in charge of young drivers for years, Helmut Marko returned to the Red Bulletin (the Red Bull diary) on the 2012 season which saw Sebastian Vettel won a third world championship title, just ahead Fernando Alonso. Full of praise for his favorite driver, the Austrian also took the opportunity to scratch his Spanish counterpart. In 2012, “Sebastian's driving was almost perfect. It?s a phenomenon: it?s always like that. After the summer break, his performance curve increased. This is what happened in previous years too”.

“I don't know how he does it, but if he keeps doing it it can't be a coincidence. This brings us back to his method of preparation, the way he cuts himself off from the rest of the world, this allows him to call on resources that other pilots do not have,” explains Helmut Marko, before attacking Sebastian Vettel's rival in 2012: “Fernando Alonso, for example, is busy making politics and making funny comments? ». “Vettel ignores all this. He doesn't read newspapers or the internet. And that’s what makes it all: we are focused on our job: making the fastest car and the best team possible.”