Helmut Marko
.jpg) Marko in 1970 |
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| Born | 27 April 1943 |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  Austrian |
| Active years | 1971–1972 |
| Teams | BRM, non-works McLaren |
| Races | 10 (9 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First race | 1971 German Grand Prix |
| Last race | 1972 French Grand Prix |
Dr. Helmut Marko (born April 27, 1943 in Graz) is a former racing driver from Austria and advisor to the Red Bull Racing Formula One Team.
A school friend of Jochen Rindt, he entered racing, and eventually participated in 10 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 15 August 1971. He scored no championship points.
However, he had more success in endurance racing, winning the 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving a Martini-Porsche 917K with Gijs van Lennep. During that year, they set a distance record which remained unbeaten until the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans (5,335.313 km, at an average of 222.304 km/h).
Despite being concerned about the lack of safety at the Targa Florio, he drove the fastest laps around the mountains of Sicily in order to catch up several minutes, eventually losing by mere seconds. On 21 May 1972, Helmut Marko set the all-time race lap record of the 72 km event in an Alfa Romeo 33 at 33 min 41 sec, at an average of 128.253 km/h.
A few weeks later on 2 July, during the 1972 French Grand Prix at Clermont-Ferrand, a stone thrown up by Emerson Fittipaldi's Lotus pierced Marko's helmet visor, permanently blinding his left eye and ending his racing career.[1][2]
Marko became a doctor of law in 1967. He owns two hotels in Graz – the Schlossberghotel and Augartenhotel. He was manager for Austrian racing drivers Gerhard Berger and Karl Wendlinger for some years before setting up and running RSM Marko, a race team competing in Formula 3 and Formula 3000 under the name Red Bull Junior Team. From 1999 he has overseen the Red Bull driver development programme, which has nurtured talented drivers such as Sebastian Vettel and brought Juan Pablo Montoya into Formula One. Since 2005 he has been advisor to the Red Bull Racing Formula One team.
[edit] Complete Formula One World Championship results
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| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | WDC | Points |
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| 1971 | Ecurie Bonnier | McLaren M7C | Cosworth V8 | RSA |
ESP |
MON |
NED |
FRA |
GBR |
GER DNS |
NC | 0 | |||||
| Yardley-BRM | BRM P153 | BRM V12 | AUT 11 |
ITA Ret |
CAN 12 |
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| BRM P160 | USA 13 |
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| 1972 | Austria-Marlboro BRM |
BRM P153 | BRM V12 | ARG 10 |
RSA 14 |
ESP |
NC | 0 | |||||||||
| BRM P153B | MON 8 |
BEL 10 |
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| BRM P160B | FRA Ret |
GBR |
GER |
AUT |
ITA |
CAN |
USA |
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ A Era dos Campeões (DVD). Hangar Filmes.
- ^ Williams, Richard. "Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko, the mastermind behind Sebastian Vettel". The Observer. Guardian News and Media Limited. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/nov/14/red-bull-sebastian-vettel-helmut-marko. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
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| Preceded by Hans Herrmann Richard Attwood |
Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1971 with: Gijs van Lennep |
Succeeded by Henri Pescarolo Graham Hill |
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