Due to Red Bull’s dominance in F1 2023, Versta💦ppen and Perez are often the only two drivers capable of winning each weekend.

Verstappen has thr🌟ee wins to his name, while Perez has started the year strongly with two victꦡories.

The r﷽eigning world champion’s reaction to losing out in Saudi Arabia was criticised by former Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg, saying that Verstappen could be more “gracious” in defeat.

Heading into this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix - 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:which is under 🌌threat due to flooding - Verstappen leads Perez by 14 points.

Speaking on the Pardon My Take podcast, Perez defended Verstappen for how he handles b๊eing beaten in F1.

"He's a good loser, I'll say," Perez commented which resulted in laught𒁃er from Verstappen and the two p♛odcast hosts.

"He has a fame of [a] bad loser," he added.

"But honestly whenever I beat him he's like, he'ꦅs🎐 really like 'well done'.

"And it's not very normal in F1 to have like, that sort o🎶f teammate. 

"He really comes and you k🐼now, 'well done mate' and you can see that he feels it, and that's... I♕ appreciate that."