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Marko jokingly hails McLaren's ‘sporting principles'

Sep.2 McLaren made a very bad Monza weekend for Red Bull just a little bit better, according to a sarcastic Dr Helmut Marko. Red Bull's senior F1 consultant was asked on Sunday if championship leader Max Verstappen's inability to progress beyond P6 on Sunday was surprisingly disappointing. 'Not at all,' the 81-year-old Austrian replied. 'We kind of saw this coming. 'I want to congratulate Ferrari on the win and thank McLaren for their sporting principles,' Marko winked. 'You could see that in their drivers' fight on the first lap, and in the fact that they did not swap the places closer to the finish. 'As a result, our poor performance was not so damaging,' he told ORF. 'It could have...
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