The Red Bull motorsport consultant blamed the Mexican’s inconsistent fo🐽rm🗹 this season on Perez’s ethnicity in an interview following the Italian Grand Prix. 

Marko told the Red Bull-owned Se🍸rvus TV: "We know that he has problems in qualifying, he has fluctuations🦄 in form. "He is South American and he is just not as completely focused in his head as Max [Verstappen] is or as Sebastian [Vettel].”

In respons🐟e to heavy criticism, Marko issued a public apology in a statement. 

Speaking on Thursday ahead of this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, Perez said he accepted the apology and did not f🦩ind the comments offence. 

Asked why Red Bull had not issued a statement condemning Marko’s remarks, Horner꧟ to✨ld Sky F1: “Well firstly, those comments, they weren't right.

“I think Hel♓mut quickly recognised that and apologised for that both publicly andܫ directly to Sergio and he spoke directly to Sergio about it. 

“I think you're🎀 always learning in life, even at 80 years of age, and I think inevitably lessons ha🌜ve been learned. 

“Checo is a massively popular member of ou𝓡r tea♛m, is an important member of our team. I pushed very hard to sign him back in for the 2021 season. 

“We have a huge following aro🔴und around the world and we take that very, ver𝓰y seriously and very responsibly.

“I think that the fan following, not that just Checo has, but what the team has and, and Formula 1 has, we're 🍃very conscious of. This is his 250th race and we want to focus on that.

“From Helmut’s perspective, he's apologised. He's not an employee of R𓆏ed Bull Racing. 

“So in terms of why diꦿdn't we put out a statement, he’s ❀part of the Red Bull wider group, and the group obviously issued that apology through through the Servus TV channel.” 

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton waded into the controversy by saying that Marko’s apology for his 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:“completely unacceptable” comments was not enough and called on Red Bull an𒀰d F1 to take more action. 

“Helmut is technically an employee directly, or𝔍 a consultant to the group,” Horner said when Hamilton’s view was put to him. “So it's not really a question for me to answer. 

“We've obviously spoken about it. I know he regrets what he wha💛t he said and he's apologised. And as I say, even at 80 years of age, it's still not too late to learn.”

Horner confirmed that Red Bull have c🐻ommunicated with both F1 and the FIA over the𓆏 matter. 

“There is a code of conduct and a code of et൩hics and the sporting code and so that already exists,” he explained. 

“Of course we've communicated with FIA and FOM throughout the last week, as you can imagine, and and that is very much a matter for them. Obviously, not for the tea꧂m.”