Daniel Ricciardo with Dr Helmut Marko in 2015 Daniel Ricciardo believes Red Bull’s motorsport advisor, Dr Helmut Marko, has softened with age. The 77-year-old Marko possesses a fearsome reputation, developed after ruthlessly promoting and axing young drivers as part of Red Bull’s involvement in Formula 1 over the past 20 years. While he’s overseen the formative years of drivers like Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel, he’s also effectively ended the careers for others like Christian Klien, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Jaime Alguersuari, and a host of others. More latterly, he’s dumped and recalled Daniil Kvyat, only to again dump the Russian in favour of Yuki Tsunoda. 'Helmut has become a...
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