Max Verstappen is confident his good teammate re⛦lationship with Daniel Ricciardo would continue at Red Bull next year even amid a possible fiꦯght for the Formula 1 world championship.

Ricciardo and Verstappen have enjoyed a friendly, cordial relationship at Red Bull since becoming teꦛammates in May 2016, albeit without the pressure of a title fight as Mercedes and Ferrari have dominated proceedꦺings.

With Red Bull enjoying a strong end to the season and already angling for a championship bid next year,𝐆 questions are arising over whether their good relationship would remain through the pressure ౠof a title fight.

"He’s a great guy. Of course on-track you always try to beat each other but off-tra💞ck we can have a great laugh," Verstappen said.

"I think we really😼 respect each other and tꦏo be honest I’ve never really experienced something like that in racing, to have such a good teammate to really have fun with. So I hope we can be teammates for a long time."

Asked if this good rela♎tionship would survive a title battle, Verstappen said: "I think so, because we respect each other. For sure when you fight for a world championship it will become more tense on the track, but at the end of the day, you always come back to❀ where you respect each other.

"You have to accept when one guy is faster than the other and I think that’s what we can do. Also when somebody has a good ra༺ce we can really say to each other ‘well done, you really deserved that’, and I also think that’s important.”