Jonathan Wheatley hopes to see Helmut Marko head up the Red Bull driver development programme “for a much, much longer period of time,” amid talks that Sebastian Vettel may return to the team in an advisory capacity.

Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko has pledged not give up on the Formula 1 title fight until it's mathematically impossible for Max Verstappen to win.

Christian Horner’s sacking by Red Bull might have come as a shock to some, but cracks continued to show just a few weeks ago, after comments about its 2026 Formula 1 car that “surprised” Helmut Marko.