Max Verstappen has revealed who his 'strongest teammate' during his F1 career and it wasn't even a competition.

Max Verstappen has said the name of the driver in the other Red Bull cockpit is far less important than the car itself as he looks to retain the Drivers’ title. The Dutchman won his fourth championship in 2024 and did so by dragging an underperforming RB20 to the front – but he has warned that fixing the car is the biggest challenge the Milton Keynes team face.

Dutch F1 commentator, Nelson Valkenburg lists down the only criteria Red Bull need to fulfill to retain Max Verstappen in 2026.

Verstappen has previously made it clear that he does not have ambitions to break record after record in the sport, but given he is contracted to Red Bull until 2028, there seems a good chance that he will add further championships to his tally in the future, even though he was linked away from the team in 2024 as the team suffered a slump in form.

Had Dietrich Mateschitz still been at the Red Bull helm when the F1 2024 in-fighting broke out, he would have soon nipped it in the bud. That is the claim of Red Bull’s reigning four-time World Champion Max Verstappen,

Reigning Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen has been pictured welcoming in the New Year in style with his pregnant partner Kelly Piquet. The Red Bull F1 star and Brazilian model have been together since 2020,