Sep.29 Dr Helmut Marko says Red Bull did not travel to Singapore this weekend with boxes of ‘world champion' t-shirts for Max Verstappen in the luggage. 'No, we can't count on that yet,' said the team's 79-year-old top Austrian official. 'Max would have to win and Leclerc would have to be far behind. That's not likely.' Indeed, Marko told Osterreich newspaper that he would actually be happier if Verstappen wrapped up his back-to-back title triumph a week later in Japan. 'That's more likely, and then our engine partner Honda will be happy,' he smiled. Marko also told the Austrian broadcaster ORF: 'But in general, we can assume now that Max will be world champion. It's just a matter...
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