Helmut Marko has delivered an update on the alleged “power struggle” at Red Bull involving Christian 🅠Horner.

Team principal and chief executive ▨Horner continues to count🌳 on support from the Thai majority shareholders, after being cleared of wrongdoing in an investigation into his behaviour towards a female colleague.

The futures of Max Verstappen and veteran advisor Marko came under unexpected scrutiny, as a result, and the star driver pledged lo🍒yalty to his long-term ally.

Ahead of the F1 Chinese Grand Prix this weekend, Red Bull cannot rid 🥃themselves of claims that inter✤nal drama is spiralling.

Marko, 80, was asked a🌊bout the current status of the issues at Red Bull, and told : “Basically♒ it's about bringing calm to the team. And that is urgently needed.

“As we saw in Australia, 💮if we don't deliver, Ferrari is there.

“Other factors also played a role, but the goal has 🍷to be t🍸he fourth title in a row. Everything else is subordinate to that.”

ཧMarko ওwas quizzed about a ‘power struggle’ inside F1’s dominant team.

“That's politics that I'm not 🌺concerned with at the moment,” he insisted.

“It's all about winning the next world title.”

Marko insisted that Verstappen’s form in 2024 - three grand prix victories out of four, only ma🍎rred by a rare DNF in Australia - should be rated higher due to the turmoil within💮 Red Bull.

“He's just so incredibly focused,” Marko said.

“He doesn't need a team around him to help him in these situat🍸𓂃ions.

“He 🌊is an exception and is just 27 years old. He💫 does his own thing anyway and that's a good thing.”

Verstappen launched a passionate defence of Marko’s future at💮 th꧟e F1 team in Saudi Arabia, when his place was called into question amid the Horner controversy.

“That was aℱ really big sign of loy💃alty,” Marko said.

“I absolute🍎ly don't take that for granted, especially in this day and age.”

Changes continue at Red Bull af🌜ter the 2022 death of co-founder Dietrich Matesch📖itz.

Thoms Uberall has been installed as the new managing director of the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria, where F1 will visit in Ju𝔉ne.

“I've known h🍬im for a very long time, actually since he entered Formuꦺla 1,” Marko said.

“He has an incredible resume, with many stations in motorsport, especially in MotoGP🌌.

“He has also worked on many projects in the past and is a dream solution for Red Bull as he was🤡 also closely linked to Dietrich Mateschitz.”