Born | Graz, German Reich (now Austria) | 27 April 1943
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Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | Austrian |
Active years | 1971–1972 |
Teams | BRM, non-works McLaren |
Entries | 10 (9 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 1971 German Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1972 French Grand Prix |
Helmut Marko (born 27 April 1943) is an Austrian former professional racing driver and a current director of the Red Bull Formula One teams, and head of Red Bull's driver development programme. [1]
Marko was born in Graz, Austria (then part of Nazi Germany). He was a school friend of Jochen Rindt, [2] who became Formula One world champion in 1970. Marko competed in several race series, including 10 Formula One Grands Prix in 1971 and 1972, but scored no World Championship points.
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 - changes to the track reduced the average speed.)
At the Targa Florio, he drove the fastest laps around the 72 km Sicilian mountain circuit in the 1972 race, catching up over two minutes on the leader within two laps to finish second by a mere 17 seconds. His fastest lap in the Alfa Romeo 33 was 33 min 41 sec, at an average of 128.253 km/h. [3]
A few weeks later, during the 1972 French Grand Prix at Clermont-Ferrand, a stone thrown up by Ronnie Peterson's March [4] [lower-alpha 1] pierced Marko's helmet visor, permanently blinding his left eye and ending his racing career. [5] [6] [7] [8]
Marko completed a doctorate in law in 1967. [9] He owns four hotels in Graz – the Schlossberghotel, Augartenhotel, Lendhotel and Kai 36. He was manager for Austrian racing drivers Gerhard Berger and Karl Wendlinger for some years before setting up and running RSM Marko in 1989, a race team competing in Formula 3 and Formula 3000; running under the name Red Bull Junior Team from 1999 onwards. From 1999 he has also overseen the Red Bull driver development programme, which has steered drivers such as Sebastian Vettel, Daniel Ricciardo, Carlos Sainz Jr., Pierre Gasly and Max Verstappen into Formula One. Since 2005 he has been an advisor to the Formula One teams owned by Red Bull GmbH (Red Bull Racing (2005-present), Scuderia Toro Rosso (2006-2019), Scuderia AlphaTauri (2020-2023) and RB Formula One Team (2024)). [ citation needed ]
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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1970 | Martini International Racing Team | Rudi Lins | Porsche 908/2LH | P 3.0 | 335 | 3rd | 1st |
1971 | Martini International Racing Team | Gijs van Lennep | Porsche 917K | S 5.0 | 397 | 1st | 1st |
1972 | Autodelta SpA | Vic Elford | Alfa Romeo Tipo 33TT3 | S 3.0 | 232 | DNF | DNF |
Source: [10] |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Pts | Class |
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1970 | BMW-Alpina | BMW 1600 | C | BRH | SNE | THR | SIL | CRY | SIL | SIL 7 | CRO | BRH | OUL | BRH | BRH | 40th | 4 | 14th |
Source: [11] |
(key)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos. | Pts |
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1971 | Ecurie Bonnier | Lola T240 | Ford | HOC Ret | THR | NÜR 8 | JAR Ret | PAL | ROU | 20th | 1 | |||||
Constructions Mechanique Pygmée | Pygmée MDB16 | MAN Ret | TUL | ALB | VAL | VAL | ||||||||||
Source: [12] |
(key)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | WDC | Pts |
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1971 | Ecurie Bonnier | McLaren M7C | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | RSA | ESP | MON | NED | FRA | GBR | GER DNQ | NC | 0 | |||||
Yardley-BRM | BRM P153 | BRM P142 3.0 V12 | AUT 11 | ITA Ret | CAN 12 | ||||||||||||
BRM P160 | USA 13 | ||||||||||||||||
1972 | Austria-Marlboro BRM | BRM P153 | BRM P142 3.0 V12 | ARG 10 | RSA 14 | ESP | NC | 0 | |||||||||
BRM P153B | MON 8 | BEL 10 | |||||||||||||||
BRM P160B | FRA Ret | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | CAN | USA | ||||||||||
Source: [13] |
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