Max Verstappen is confident his good teammate rela𝔍tionship with Daniel Ricciardo would continue at Red Bull next year even amid a possible fight for the Formula 1 world ch༺ampionship.

Ricciardo and Verstappen have enjoyed a friendly, cordial relationship at Red Bull since becoming teammates in May 2016,🔥 albeit without the press🔜ure of a title fight as Mercedes and Ferrari have dominated proceedings.

With Red Bull enjoying a strong end to the season and already angling for a cham🐷pionship bid next year, questions are arisi💃ng over whether their good relationship would remain through the pressure of a title fight.

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

"I think we really respect each other and to 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 teꩵammates for a long time."

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

"You have to accept when one guy is faster than the o𒆙ther and I think that’s what we can do. Also when somebody has a good race we can really say to each other ‘well done, you really deserved that’, and I also think tha𝄹t’s important.”