Dr. Helmut Marko (born April 27, 1943 in Graz) is a former racing driver from Austria. A friend of Jochen Rindt, he entered racing, and eventually participated in 10 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 15 August 1971. He scored no championship points. However, he had more success in endurance racing, winning the 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving a Martini-Porsche 917K with Gijs van Lennep. During that year, they set a new overall distance record which is still unbeaten (5,335.313 km, at an average of 222.304 km/h). Despite being concerned about the lack of safety at the Targa Florio, he drove the fastest laps the mountains of Sicily in order to catch up several minutes, eventually losing by a mere seconds. On 21 May 1972, Helmut Marko set the all-time race lap record of the 720 km event in an Alfa Romeo 33 at 33 min 41 sec, at an average of 128.253 km/h.

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