Red Bull’s advisor, Helmut Marko, came out to refuse that Argentine pilot Franco Colapinto has been a real option to replace the Neozygous Liam Lawson.
According to the Austrian Helmut Marko81, the choice of Yuki Tsunoda To replace the New Zealander Liam Lawson in Red Bull It occurred after an exhaustive analysis and this left Franco Colapint Out of all the final considerations.
In statements for specialized media, Marko He explained that the rumors about the Argentine were exacerbated by a meeting he held with OLIE OKESdirector of Alpine, What increased speculations: “Yes, I have a good relationship with Ollie Oakes”he said.
However, he quickly clarified the context of this meeting: “Oakes has worked with several of our pilots in lower categories, and one of them currently competes in British formula 4. That was the only reason for our conversation. Colapinto was not a matter of discussion. “
Marko He also stressed that, despite the notable debut of the Argentine in the Formula 1internal competition and statistics played a decisive role in their exclusion.
“Colapinto had a very strong start, but we had Isack Hadjar, who consistently was faster in formula 2. This, combined with his results, ended up demonstrating that Hadjar was the right choice”he concluded.
The advisor of Red Bull In addition, the importance of following the development of pilots such as Collapint, But it made it clear that the team will always be based on performance and results when making strategic decisions.
Source: Ambito
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