Helmut Marko has admitted he’s been left ‘surprised’ by the astonishing offers being made by rival F1 teams as they look to poach Red Bull’s top employees. Red Bull have lost two of their key personnel to rival teams in 2024.

If it were up to Helmut Marko alone, the driver sitting alongside Max Verstappen in next year’s RB21 would be “someone from our junior programme”. Red Bull’s driver line-up has been one of the hot topics this season with reports prior to the summer break claiming both Sergio Perez and Daniel Ricciardo could be cut from the programme.

A senior figure within Red Bull has revealed that Max Verstappen's exit talk is very real, making an audacious Lewis Hamilton claim in the process. The Dutchman's season so far has not been plain sailing compared to 2023,

Helmut Marko has dropped a hint over Red Bull's plan for their 2025 F1 driver line-up. Helmut Marko has suggested he wants a Red Bull junior as Max Verstappen ’s teammate for the 2025 F1 season. The identity of Verstappen’s teammates in 2025 continues to be a hot topic.