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Vettel: Marko was first person I called after Ferrari decision

Sebastian Vettel admitted that his early mentor and Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko was the first person he called after learning that Ferrari would not be extending his contract. Vettel won his four Formula 1 world titles with Red Bull between 2010 and 2013 and remains close to Marko and the team. Speaking on the Red Bull-owned channel ServusTV alongside Christian Horner, Pierre Gasly and Max Verstappen, the German said he spoke to Marko as a confidante, rather than to see if he could help him get a new drive. 'Quite frankly I called him right after the decision,' he told ServusTV. 'But not at first to ask ‘Helmut, do you have a place?', but because I get on very well with him and he...
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