Confirmed: Helmut Marko signs a new multi-year contract

Yes, if he continues to drive like he did after Miami. In the end, everything depends only on him.

No driver's driving depends only on him. Name me a driver who doesn't have a personal trainer to deal with all the pressures that have little to do with driving skills.

If you are into tough love and think that Perez deserves the brow beating that Marko serves him at every turn that's a different story.

Fair point, haha, i totally forgotten that he had raced in F1 before.
Ironically, he has done just as many races as Nyck did.

Blimey RBC, Marko raced F1 in 1971-2 and has been with RB in F1 since 1999, how long will he need to wait before he becomes an insider ?!!??

Yeah, i was going to say the same, i think Ludizapoli meant that it is all up to Checo himself, not Marko.

And i do think that there's a bit of the good cop, bad cop, thing going on.
Marko is still a bit of an outsider in the F1 world, but his roots at Red Bull give him the position that he is in, and he can say whatever he wants.
He might not always say the best things, but yeah, it gives Horner the opportunity to be the middle man to that and comfort the drivers and team, which works in Horner's favor a lot since he doesn't have to be 'that guy' to the drivers and team.

"...As for Marko, we only hear the (rightious) criticism of which he opens up a bit in the media. We don't know what is being said behind closed doors..."

Aren't you a little too generous?

With Marko and Horner there is nothing "said behind closed doors." The men wouldn't know the value of discretion if it broke into their own house in broad daylight.

Personal trainer, personal assistent, physical therapist, psychologist, PR trainer and you can go on and on

In the end, there is only 1 man behind the wheel......and like Ludizapoli says, its all up to Perez

As for Marko, we only hear the (righteous) criticism of which he opens up a bit in the media. We don't know what is being said behind closed doors.
However, Marko and Horner often share similar views.......what we see in the media is a little bit of good cop, bad cop flow regarding Perez

All remarks are unnecessary, for none of them have a single iota of influence on the Formula.

However, Leopold Stokowski, if the name means anything to you, at the age of 95, booked the Albert and Victoria Hall to conduct on his 100th birthday. But God had different schedule and "recruited" him well before the appointed concert.

A 3 years contract at the age of 80 has a high probability of not being fully served.

Just that you wouldn't feel bad about your post: I do not wish Marko any ill, but I do NOT like him!

I'm a street cleaner, and i have a colleague, well, more a retired volunteer, that is 103 years old.
He is slightly more conservative about his goals, his birthday is in early November, but since covid, he's been putting new papers on his disabled car that display his age at the end of August already, for bragging rights "just in case i don't make it".
But he still makes his rounds, picking up cardboard boxes at the local shops and delivers them to our depot, love that guy.