Luke SmithRed Bull adviser Helmut Marko has received a written warning from Formula One’s governing body, the FIA, over comments about Sergio Pérez’s ethnicity. Here’s what you need to know:
Marko apologized both publicly and directly to Pérez. The driver said Thursday in Singapore that he was not personally offended by the comments, and that he had a good personal relationship with Marko. “He’s not an employee of Red Bull Racing, so in terms of why didn’t we put out a statement,” Horner said. “He’s part of the Red Bull wider group, and the group issued that apology through the ServusTV channel.”
Beyond the warning against Marko, the FIA has an Ethics Committee that can investigate alleged breaches of its Ethics Code “upon complaints from one of the FIA parties or third parties.”