Red Bull adviser and driver development program head Helmut Marko apologized Friday for remarks attributing Mexican driver Sergio Pérez’s recent up-and-down performances to his heritage.
"I would like to apologize for my offensive remark and want to make it absolutely clear that I do not believe that we can generalize about the people from any country, any race, any ethnicity," Marko said in a statement released by ServusTV in Salzburg, Austria.
Marko made the widely condemned comment in question on Monday, appearing on the Red Bull-owned German-language station a day after Pérez finished second in the Italian Grand Prix.
