Within the wake of a spirited Formulation 1 season, Pink Bull senior advisor Dr. Helmut Marko is opening up about two huge matters going through the staff’s future.

The standing of Sergio Pérez, and Marko’s personal future with the staff.

Pink Bull stormed to a dominant Constructors’ Championship in the course of the 2023 marketing campaign, their second-straight title, nevertheless it was not all easy crusing for the staff. Inconsistency from Pérez, notably a troublesome stretch of qualifying performances, opened up questions concerning the driver’s future with the staff. Then there was the matter of Marko’s personal future with the group. All through the season there was hypothesis and rumors of a “energy wrestle” taking part in out a Pink Bull, and whereas Marko and others brushed these apart, the murmuring continued into the winter.

Earlier this month, Marko hinted at an upcoming assembly with the group’s prime brass. Now that assembly has been held, and Marko outlined that his future lies with the staff. Talking with Austrian outlet OE24, the Pink Bull senior determine addressed his future.

“Sure, in a constructive sense, all the things is constant as deliberate,” stated Marko when requested about his future with Pink Bull. Marko was underneath contract with the staff via the 2024 season, very like Pérez.

Marko additionally addressed Pérez’s personal future with the staff, once more leaving open the door to a change in standing after the 2024 season. “As of now he’ll fulfill his contract till the tip of 2024, then we’ll see.”

Pérez’s future with Pink Bull has been an enormous matter in latest months. That hypothesis kicked into overdrive when AlphaTauri, Pink Bull’s sister staff, sacked rookie driver Nyck de Vries early within the season, changing him with veteran driver Daniel Ricciardo. However when Ricciardo suffered a hand damage, Liam Lawson stepped into his seat, and delivered extra constant performances than De Vries had in the course of the season.

Earlier this yr Marko indicated that Lawson needs to be in a full-time seat for the 2025 season, and he maintained that place when talking with OE24.

“Sure, and earlier than that he ought to no less than drive a number of extra races in order that we are able to see the place his potential actually lies,” stated Marko about Lawson.

The storyline relating to Pérez’s future will probably proceed properly into 2024, and now with Marko again within the fold for a short time longer, we are able to anticipate the Pink Bull advisor to be on the middle of many such tales.