News Details

Age counted against Raikkonen at Red Bull

Kimi Raikkonen's age played against him as Red Bull made its decision about who should replace Mark Webber in 2014. That is the claim of Dr Helmut Marko, who as team owner Dietrich Mateschitz's right-hand man had arguably the most powerful voice before the reigning world champions ultimately signed the in-house talent Daniel Ricciardo. "We decided what was best for us in the long term, not just what was best immediately," Austrian Marko told Brazil's O Estado de S.Paulo newspaper. "How old is Kimi, 34? Daniel is 24. And the contract is for three years. "So Daniel was the one who offered the best prospects for our team," he added. But Marko also acknowledged that...
Full Story »
10y ago from GrandPrix.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Red Bull: How old is Kimi, 34? Daniel is 24 and the...

Red Bull: How old is Kimi, 34? Daniel is 24 and the best prospect for our...
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Age counted against Raikkonen at Red Bull says Marko

Kimi Raikkonen's age played against him as Red Bull made its decision...
10y ago from F1Zone.net

Red Bull pick Ricciardo for 2014

Red Bull Racing announced today that they have signed Toro Rosso driver...
10y ago from Formula1Blog.com

Tost: Ricciardo's promotion vindicates Red Bull system

Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost says that Daniel Ricciardo's...
10y ago from F1Zone.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

F1 owner Liberty Media set to finalise purchase of...

Formula 1 owner Liberty Media are in talks to buy Madrid-based company...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Rosenqvist: Confidence within MSR growing with every...

Felix Rosenqvist has started off his time with Meyer Shank Racing on a...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Neuville pips Tänak in Safari opener

FIA World Rally Championship leader Thierry Neuville took a slender...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Episode 778 – The Preview

Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast – the Arsenal podcast. In...
59m ago from Arseblog.com

Barcelona looking to take advantage of 32-year-old...

There was a time in the not too distant past when Barcelona, one of the...
19m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.