Mar.21 (GMM) Dr Helmut Marko has dominated out providing spectacular rookie Oliver Bearman a seat at Crimson Bull’s junior Method 1 crew RB.
Bearman impressed on the wheel of the ailing Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari in Saudi Arabia not too long ago, prompting Marko – the 80-year-old high F1 marketing consultant at Crimson Bull – to induce Ferrari to advertise him to a full-time spot on the grid.
“If I had been Fred Vasseur, I’d instantly discover Bearman a cockpit in one other crew – I don’t know, at Haas for instance,” Marko informed Velocity Week.
When requested by Osterreich newspaper to develop on his feedback, the Austrian answered: “They purchased (Lewis) Hamilton at nice expense and signed (Charles) Leclerc to a long-term contract.
“I’d put the boy in a smaller crew like Haas subsequent 12 months,” he repeated. “A 12 months of studying by no means harm anybody and also will take the stress off him.”
That 12 months of studying, nevertheless, gained’t be on the wheel of a junior Crimson Bull.
“We truly had an informative dialog with him,” Marko reveals, “however he was already within the Ferrari academy.
“It’s inconceivable that we might practice him up for Ferrari.”
