Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen became teammates at Red bull in 2016. The latter was promoted from the Red Bull junior team, Toro Rosso.
Verstappen built himself a reputation as a record-breaking rising star when he moved to F1. Meanwhile, Ricciardo was the strong driver who had seen off Sebastian Vettel from his team.
In a video from 2018, the two drivers take turns asking a few questions to each other that everyone wanted an answer to but couldn’t ask. The video was a par of Red Bull’s ‘On the Sofa’ created during the Monaco GP.
Verstappen asks, “Apart from our jobs, what do we have in common?” To which, Ricciardo jokingly replies, “not much. I mean I’ve got good looks, you don’t.”
“I’m naturally talented in other sports, you’re not. You can ride a jet ski, I probably can but choose not to because I do better things.”
In 2016, when Verstappen joined the Red Bull, the team put all its faith in the F1’s youngest superstar and built itself a strong lineup. But for the two years that both the drivers spent next to each other, it was Ricciardo who came out as the stronger one.
The Australian outperformed Verstappen in every season after two years he bagged 457 world championship points compared to Verstappen’s 377.
