Marko: "Ecclestone wanted to slow us down in our prime years."

According to Helmut Marko Red Bull tried to hide their pace during their the top years between 2010 and 2013 from Bernie Ecclestone. Marko indicates that the owner wanted to slow down Red Bull and doesn't understand why Mercedes is driving so fast.

Red Bull dominated the royal class of racing between 2010 and 2013, resulting in four world titles for Sebastian Vettel. The constructors' championship was also won by the Austrian racing stable each time. After 2013 Red Bull was overtaken by Mercedes, the team that has been dominating now eversince.

Superiority

"Why does Mercedes show superiority so openly?", Marko wonders in conversation with Auto, Motor und Sport. "In our good years, we didn't try to drive as fast as we could. Bernie Ecclestone would have slowed us down immediately, that has happened often enough already". Back in the day, the Formula 1 boss wanted to make sure that the gap between the teams wouldn't become too big.