Marko slams Hamilton over Albon-Gasly comments
Sep.9 - Dr Helmut Marko has hit out at Lewis Hamilton's recent criticism of Red Bull.
After suggesting that Alexander Albon is not good enough to be Max Verstappen's teammate, Hamilton accused Red Bull of not treating Monza winner Pierre Gasly fairly when he was demoted to AlphaTauri last year.
Marko, the architect of Red Bull's notorious driver program, immediately hit back by claiming that Hamilton had actually advocated for Gasly's mid-2019 demotion.
"The truth is that Lewis didn't call us in 2019, but he spoke to our team boss Christian Horner on a plane and recommended that Alexander Albon be put in the car instead of Gasly," he now tells Sport1.
"That was before the swap that we did after the summer break."
Marko lashed out at six-time world champion Hamilton's criticism of Albon.
"We don't care," he blasted. "The driver he wanted to get rid of last summer has now won the Italian Grand Prix with our AlphaTauri team. So much for his expertise.
"I have no idea why Hamilton keeps finding the need to advise us, but it doesn't matter to us what opinion people from the outside world have," Marko added.
The Austrian said Gasly is staying at AlphaTauri for now.
"We want to make AlphaTauri even stronger in the future and that means we need a team leader," he said.
Marko said it is simply tough for any driver, including Pierre Gasly and Albon, to be Verstappen's teammate.
"Everyone falls away against Max," he said. "But the criticism of Albon is not entirely fair. He was unlucky this year and we made strategic mistakes that affected his performance.
"But we still believe that he can deliver the performance we ask of him if things go optimally. And that has not been the case very often this season."
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they should bring Kimi to RedBull
That wud rock!
And Ham should STFU&D!
Hamilton should stick to what he does best. Driving. His political views and his arrogance F1 business are uncalled for and not welcome by the fans.
Hamilton is so caught up in his own sense of importance that he ignores the fact that he largely happens to be where he is because of the Mercedes CAR/PACKAGE and NOT divinely ALL his own ability. There are far better drivers on the grid than Bottas and look where he is paced.
Too right!. Baby Ham think he's important, when in fact no-one gives a toss about him and what he says. He's pretty average, and whenever another driver like Max, Vettel, Laclerc, etc., had a competitive car, they all beat Ham fair and square. The media should stop paying attention to this bloke and all his recent woke politically correct stuff.
Typical hypocracy from Hamilton.
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