During an interview with ‘Motorsport.com’, Helmut Markoamong other things, they asked him questions about Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
The young Italian driver, who started in Formula 1 at the age of 18, impressed during Free Practice 1 despite crashing into the wall ten minutes into the session.
“I was impressed by his speed”recognized the advisor of Red Bullwhich assumes Antonelli has similarities to Verstappen… but has yet to prove his worth.
“Max is Max…He has to prove it first,” says Marko, who reveals he had the Italian on his radar: “Obviously, but we can’t have them all.”
Of course, Helmut emphasizes that success “is in no way guaranteed” for Antonelli: “There are drivers who then lose their motivation, they find a girlfriend or lose control. “All of this has already happened.”
