Adapted from GMM
Strategy chief Neil Martin was not Ferrari's only target at the 2010 championship winning Red Bull team.
That is the claim of Helmut Marko, the right-hand man of Red Bull team owner Dietrich Mateschitz.
"Ferrari have made massive efforts to get our people. But everyone has stayed in the boat. This is important, because we have an unique spirit in the team and I get the feeling Ferrari wants to have it," Helmut Marko told Bild newspaper.
But the energy drink company's motor sport consultant is not worried that Sebastian Vettel will make a switch any time soon.
"Sebastian won't leave us just because of the Ferrari legend. He is smart enough to know that the time would have to be right for him. It's only natural for a race driver to dream of Ferrari, and for Ferrari to want a great driver like Sebastian," he insisted.
"He would have to be stupid to go there with Fernando Alonso. We are the world championship team, and as long as we offer Sebastian a package that is better than the others, he's not going to leave just because of a mythical history," added Helmut Marko.
Red Bull is pushing hard to prepare its 2011 car for the first day of winter testing next month.
Dr Helmut Marko confirmed world champion Sebastian Vettel's recent claim that the RB7 is on schedule to make its track debut on 1 February at Valencia.
"We are going right to the limit in the build-time of the new car. We will need every minute until the first of February in Valencia," told Helmut Marko to the Bild.
Marko hailed Red Bull's car designer Adrian Newey as a "genius" and said his 2011 car is an "evolution not a revolution" of the title-winning RB6.
"What I have seen of the car so far makes me optimistic," he said.
"Last year Sebastian lost 66 points because of technical defects and we gave almost all of them to Fernando Alonso. If we can get rid of the bad luck and mistakes of this year, we will defend the title," said Helmut Marko.
Strategy chief Neil Martin was not Ferrari's only target at the 2010 championship winning Red Bull team.
That is the claim of Helmut Marko, the right-hand man of Red Bull team owner Dietrich Mateschitz.
"Ferrari have made massive efforts to get our people. But everyone has stayed in the boat. This is important, because we have an unique spirit in the team and I get the feeling Ferrari wants to have it," Helmut Marko told Bild newspaper.
But the energy drink company's motor sport consultant is not worried that Sebastian Vettel will make a switch any time soon.
"Sebastian won't leave us just because of the Ferrari legend. He is smart enough to know that the time would have to be right for him. It's only natural for a race driver to dream of Ferrari, and for Ferrari to want a great driver like Sebastian," he insisted.
"He would have to be stupid to go there with Fernando Alonso. We are the world championship team, and as long as we offer Sebastian a package that is better than the others, he's not going to leave just because of a mythical history," added Helmut Marko.
Red Bull is pushing hard to prepare its 2011 car for the first day of winter testing next month.
Dr Helmut Marko confirmed world champion Sebastian Vettel's recent claim that the RB7 is on schedule to make its track debut on 1 February at Valencia.
"We are going right to the limit in the build-time of the new car. We will need every minute until the first of February in Valencia," told Helmut Marko to the Bild.
Marko hailed Red Bull's car designer Adrian Newey as a "genius" and said his 2011 car is an "evolution not a revolution" of the title-winning RB6.
"What I have seen of the car so far makes me optimistic," he said.
"Last year Sebastian lost 66 points because of technical defects and we gave almost all of them to Fernando Alonso. If we can get rid of the bad luck and mistakes of this year, we will defend the title," said Helmut Marko.