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Max Verstappen has billed his relationship with Sergio Perez as the “best” he has ever had with a team-mate – and puts that down to maturity.

Perez is Verstappen’s fifth team-mate in Formula 1.

While initially he partnered Carlos Sainz at Toro Rosso, he joined Daniel Ricciardo at Red Bull in 2016 and following the Australian’s departure, briefly had Pierre Gasly and then Alex Albon racing alongside him.

Albon was dropped after the 2020 season, the second Red Bull seat going to Perez who will continue as the Dutchman’s team-mate through to at least the end of the 2024 championship.

From racing alongside Sainz and Ricciardo as a teenager to being World Champion at the age of 24, Verstappen has grown up in the Formula 1 paddock.

And it is evident in his relationship with his latest team-mate, Perez.

“I started of course very young in Formula 1 and I had, I think, also a very good relationship with Daniel,” said Verstappen, quoted by the Express.

“But at the time I was still only 18, 19 and I think where I am now as a person is completely different.

“So I would say what I have now with Checo is definitely the best, just because I matured a lot, and I think that also helps a lot with just how you approach each other.”

Such is the relationship between the Red Bull team-mates that neither Verstappen nor Perez believe there will be any hard feelings if