Red Bull motorsport
consultant Helmut Marko said his idea was to bring the team's senior drivers,
Max Verstappen and Alexander Albon, together with the junior drivers in a
training camp.
The 2020 Formula One season
has been thrown into disarray by the coronavirus pandemic.© Twitter
Red Bull motorsport consultant Helmut Marko has admitted
that he wanted the team's Formula One drivers
to deliberately contract coronavirus before
the potential start of the new season. The 76-year-old said his idea was to bring
the team's senior drivers, Max Verstappen and Alexander Albon, together with
the junior drivers in a training camp. "The idea was that we could
organise a camp where we could mentally and physically fill this dead
time," Marko told Austrian television channel ORF. "Then of course it
would've been ideal for the infection to come.
"They are all young, strong men in good health. Then you would be prepared
for whenever you start, and you would be ready for a very tough world
championship."
Marko admitted that his plan was "not
well received".
The 2020 Formula One season has
been thrown into disarray by the coronavirus pandemic, which
has claimed over 33,000 lives worldwide according to an AFP tally.
So far, Grand Prix races scheduled for
Bahrain, Vietnam, China, Netherlands and Spain have also been postponed while
the iconic Riviera showpiece in Monaco and the season-opening Australian race
were cancelled.
F1 chairman Chase Carey last week said he
hoped the campaign would start in the summer with a revised calendar of
"15-18 races", down from an original 22.
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