Max Verstappen labels situation 'unfair' over Red Bull team-mate speculation

Red Bull F1 race drivers Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen look on as Red Bull reserve Daniel Ricciardo speaks at an event in early 2023.

While Red Bull maintain the intention is to keep Perez on as Verstappen’s teammate for 2024, as per his contract, the arrival of Ricciardo at AlphaTauri has lit the fires of speculation that the Australian could easily be swapped into the seat with Perez moved back to AlphaTauri – a situation Red Bull have done on numerous occasions in the past in the case of underperforming drivers.

“But, at the same time also, I have a great relationship with Checo , so I find it a bit unfair to now sit here and say who I would prefer as a teammate or whatever. “But yeah, F1 can be a tough sport and you’re asking these kinds of questions, but yeah, maybe also nothing happens, right? So we’ll see.”Appearing alongside Verstappen in the Drivers’ Press Conference in Brazil, Daniel Ricciardo dismissed the idea that he may have a straightforward path back to the Red Bull cockpit.“Obviously, all the stuff around my contract next year has been related to AlphaTauri. So I would honestly say that’s as far as it goes.

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