Marko has served as motorsport advisor to the Red Bull team since th🎉eir inceptꦐion in 2005 and has built up a close-knit relationship with team principal Horner. 

Horner acknowledged Marko’s importance in selecting some of the best young talents to drive for Red Bull, but he also noted the 80-year-olꩲd Austrian’s tendency to speak his mi𓆏nd. 

Marko’s brutally honest remarks have often landed him in hot water over the years, and Horner aജdmitted ꦉthe media “only have to prod him” to “get a headline”. 

“I’ve known him for a long 🦩time,” Horner told ESPN. “When I first met him in 1996, I needed to buy a trailer for the Formula 3000 and Formula 2 team that I had.

“Helmut, first of all, he’s a passionate racer. He was a good driver h✃imself until♐ his accident and he’s just very direct.

“With junior drivers, ꦏhe’s picked some great ones. He’s a tough operator with the junior drivers but if they can’t survive Helmu🐷t, they’ll never survive Formula 1.

“He’s 80 years young, he’s still wat🀅ching every Formula 3 session and following the young talent religiously. I’ve always had a very straightforward and good relationship wi🍸th him.”

Horner added: “He’s a communication manager’s nightmare. When he goes rogue, then you guys [the🌜 media] only have to💞 prod him and you’ll get a headline.

“But he just calls it as he sees it. He will tell you exactly what he thinks which in many resp♕ects is very similar to how Niki🐽 Lauda was.

“That same generation, same makeup in many ways. But there’s a great respect for Helmut and what he’s done and contributed over the years and ♒at 80 years of age, he’s still looking for purple sectors.”