Helmut Marko not thinking about retiring from Formula 1 just yet
F1 News
- Nicolás Quarles van Ufford
Dr Helmut Marko has said he is not thinking about retirement as long as he's mentally and physically fine, with the 76-year-old still very involved with proceedings at both Aston Martin Red Bull Racing and AlphaTauri.
Marko recently lost one of his closest friends on the Formula 1 grid in Niki Lauda, who fulfilled a similar role to his own at Mercedes as a non-executive chairman. However, Marko keeps going at Red Bull as he sees no reason to retire just yet.
The Austrian, who turns 77 in April, is famous for his eye for spotting talent, with him having signed on the likes of Max Verstappen, Daniel Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel.
Speaking to Motorsport.com at the start of the year, Marko spoke on still having the drive to keep on going.
"They always ask me when I will retire, but as long as I keep up mentally and physically with no problems ...", he explained.
"I'm mostly surrounded by much younger people, but that's a good thing.
"I live my own world, I am nowhere on all these social media [channels]. I have an old Nokia [cell phone] and do not check every two minutes if there is any message or the like."