Motor racing-Verstappen would welcome Vettel having a role at Red Bull

Formula One F1 - Austrian Grand Prix - Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria - June 26, 2025 Red Bull's Max Verstappen during the press conference ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix REUTERS/Gintare Karpaviciute

SPIELBERG, Austria (Reuters) -Max Verstappen said he would welcome fellow four-times Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel back to Red Bull after the German spoke of possibly succeeding consultant Helmut Marko at the team.

Austrian Marko, 82 and a former racer who was blinded in one eye after a stone pierced his visor during the 1972 French Grand Prix in Clermont-Ferrand, has a contract until the end of next year.