After over 20 years in his post at Red Bull, Helmut Marko has departed the organisation.
Marko played a pivotal role in the driver line-up decisions that were taken at the team, as he also oversaw its famous driver development programme.
The Austrian played a major role in bringing names such as Max Verstappen, Sebastian Vettel, Daniel Ricciardo and Carlos Sainz to F1 during his tenure.
His outspokenness and cutthroat management style made him a very well-known figure in the F1 paddock.
However, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix marked his last race with the squad, marking further change at the team following the departures of Christian Horner, Adrian Newey and Jonathan Wheatley in recent times.
But was it the right decision to make?
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