After another weekend of high drama at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix amid the power battle going on inside Red Bull, it emerged that Marko’s place at the squad could be under threat.
He revealed ahead of qualifying that there was a chance he could be suspended following the event, amid allegations that he had been involved in leaks to the media regarding the investigation surrounding Horner’s behaviour.
But following talks with Red Bull managing director Oliver Mintzlaff on the morning of the race in Jeddah, it was made clear that Marko had not been involved in any illicit behaviour and would be continuing.
Speaking shortly before the race to Austrian broadcaster ORF, Marko hit out at claims he had been a part of the leaks – as he hinted that the way things played out in Saudi Arabia was a deliberate effort to bring him down.
Asked about the accusation of being a leak, Marko said: “Absolute rubbish. I’m really happy when I have my iPhone halfway under control.
“I haven’t seen this report or any of these chats. I deliberately stayed out of it. To associate me with it was almost like a planned operation, as I realised. ‘Cunning’, as [Niki] Lauda would say.”
