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Formula 1 villain: Helmut Marko

Helmut Marko has a huge amount of power at Red Bull, and how he's yielded it has made him something of a pantomime villain to many. His official job title is head of the team's driver development programme. So, he's a patient, kindly old man who nurtures talents, offering them a guiding hand and shoulder to cry on, right? Dr Marko is instead one of Red Bull's most powerful and one of the sport's most ruthless figures, doing whatever it takes to see through his own agenda. Playing favourites  It's fair to say that Marko isn't particularly good at hiding the bias he has towards certain drivers. This was the case more than ever back when Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber were the team's...
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