Dr Helmut Marko has denied that he was muzzled after last Sunday’s Saudi Arabian GP. According to the Austrian broadcaster ORF, Red Bull’s press office prevented Marko from conducting his usual post-race interview after the Jeddah race. “Don’t worry,” 79-year-old Marko told Osterreich newspaper, “I won’t let that happen. “Max had just gotten over a bad flu,” Marko insists. For instance, Verstappen arguably ignored the team’s instructions not to charge for the fastest race lap. “Both of them adhered to the instructions more or less,” Marko said. “The incident with the jack happened on lap 20,” he said. “It’s ridiculous that he finished the race, had the ceremony and only then was the 10-second penalty given.

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