Dietrich Mateschitz, founding father of Purple Bull, died

He died on the age of 78 Dietrich Mateschitzfounding father of the empire Purple Bull. Austrian, he based Purple Bull GmbH in 1984 along with Asian Chaleo Yoovidhy. He was a co-founder of the well-known producer of the well-known vitality drink of which he had 49% of the shares. The businessman entered on the earth of F1 in 2004, taking up the staff Jaguar Racing and exactly by founding Purple Bull Racing, whereas the next yr he additionally took over the Italian Minardi staff renaming it Scuderia Toro Rosso, Purple Bull’s satellite tv for pc staff.

From 2010 to 2013 your team he received the constructors’ and drivers’ world championships because of the German Sebastian Vettel, then repeating in 2021 and this yr with Max Verstappen (for the 2022 constructors solely the maths is lacking which might arrive this weekend). “He was an unbelievable man, we owe him the whole lot for what he created and allowed us to do. He had an awesome ardour for Method 1, right now and tomorrow we are going to do our greatest in his honor”, are the phrases of Christian Horner. , coach of the Purple Bull staff, excited to recollect him. The information comes a couple of hours after qualifying for the Austin Grand Prix the place the staff may win its fifth title.

And concerning the disappearance of Mateschitz come the phrases of john elkann, Chairman of Ferrari: “I’m grateful to Dietrich Mateschitz for the whole lot he has executed for motorsport and I need to keep in mind his ardour and braveness as a businessman, as a person who at all times favored new challenges.

On behalf of all Ferraris, I wish to lengthen our condolences to his household and our associates at Purple Bull Racing and AlphaTauri. To all of them we ship an affectionate thought.”