Red Bull, Helmut Marko downsizes Franco Colapinto

Helmut Marko downsizes Franco Colapinto

During an interview with Dutch TV station "Viaplay", Helmut Marko è returned to the possible replacement for Sergio Perez to join Max Verstappen at Red Bull starting in 2025. Among other topics discussed, the Austrian manager è also implicitly dwelt on the possibility of hiring Franco Colapinto.

"I think the best candidates to replace Perez are the two Racing Bulls. We have to make sure we have the best possible pair in our car, and right now the best ones are coming from our school for young talent. I don’t see any driver outside our program who is at a higher level than ours" said Helmut Marko.

Based on the Red Bull advisor’s statement, Franco Colapinto’s chances would be greatly reduced, also complicit in the two zeros obtained during the weekends in Brazil and Qatar.

On the difficulties encountered by the Argentine also expressed himself, his manager Jamie Campbell-Walter: "These mistakes stem from the pressure of not knowing what his future holds, which some times è worse than knowing. Franco had never driven in the rain, had asked for extreme wet tires, and instead the team told him to hang in there. Plus, he has to deal with the pressure of having the hopes of an entire nation on his shoulders, and I can’t imagine what that means".