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• Mekies still blocked from making Alpha Tauri move
• May 28 (GMM) Laurent Mekies is currently blocked from leaving Ferrari in order to prepare to take over as Alpha Tauri team boss next year. Red Bull-owned Alpha Tauri made the announcement about Mekies' forthcoming new role at the end of April - so early that Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur called the timing of the official news "a bit aggressive". Some believe the timing was to enable complex neg...full article
• Marko insists 'no problem with Schumacher name'
• May 28 (GMM) Dr Helmut Marko has hit back at claims he has "a problem with the Schumacher name". Last week, Mick Schumacher's uncle Ralf suggested Alpha Tauri boss Franz Tost actually wanted to sign Mick for 2023 rather than struggling rookie Nyck de Vries. Ralf says team owner Red Bull's top Austrian official Marko vetoed the deal. "Marko seems to have a problem with the Schumacher name...full article
• Marko slams Perez for 'stupid' qualifying crash
• May 28 (GMM) Dr Helmut Marko lashed out at Sergio Perez's "stupid" qualifying crash that may just have cost the Mexican his shot at the world championship. Trailing teammate Max Verstappen by 14 points in the drivers' standings, Perez said Monaco was a critical weekend for him. "I don't want him to start building that gap on points," he said. Then, in Q1 on Saturday, the 33-year-old cras...full article