Verstappen would welcome Vettel as Red Bull F1 advisor
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Max Verstappen said he would welcome his fellow four-time Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel as the Red Bull team advisor.
'It's more than normal that someone that has achieved so much with Red Bull, has been brought up by Red Bull...that in a sense there's always a spot available, right?' Verstappen said on Thursday ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix this weekend.
'I think Seb always kept a really good relationship with Helmut anyway, even when he left. I didn't know that of course they were talking, but I'm sure that there's always a space for Seb in any kind of form,' he added.
Earlier this week, Vettel revealed that he was in early talks with his former team and current Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko about the idea of succeeding the 82-year-old Austrian when his contract with the team ends in 2026.
'We're in contact about this, though maybe not so intensively or in-depth yet, but it's possible,' Vettel told Austrian broadcaster ORF.
'What form that might take will have to be seen. He's already said a few times that he'd stop, but he's still here, and I wish him all the best so that he stays around for a very long time.'
Marko has been involved with Red Bull since the team's beginnings in 2005.
Vettel won his four F1 titles with Red Bull between 2010 and 2013 before moving to Ferrari in 2015, where he stayed until 2020. The German driver retired in at the end of the 2022 season after two years with Aston Martin.
Verstappen annoyed with race ban question Verstappen reacted with annoyance when asked about a potential race ban if he reaches a maximum of 12 penalty points in a 12-month period.
'Is it a joke? I get asked that every weekend,' he said.
Ahead of Red Bull's home Austrian GP, Verstappen is one point away from a race ban.
Two of his penalty points will expire on June 30, moving him three points away from a race ban in time for the British Grand Prix on July 6.
'We are preparing ourselves in case something should really happen with Max Verstappen in terms of his penalty points. We currently have two replacement drivers: Arvid Lindblad and Ayumu Iwasa,' Marko told the Kleine Zeitung newspaper.
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