Max Verstappen is looking to continue the “good atmospher🥂e” he enjoyed at Re🌠d Bull with Daniel Ricciardo when he links up with new Formula 1 teammate Pierre Gasly.

With Ricciardo switching to midfield leaders Renault in 2019, Red Bull ♕has promoted Pierre Gasly after just a single full-season in F1 at Toro Rosso to partner Verstappen for the start of the team’s tenure powered by Honda engines.

Ricciardo and Verstappen claimed nine grands prix victories between them during their spell as Red Bull teammates, which began at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix. Both drivers took two wins apiece in 2018 in what was their most successfu൩l year together.

Speaking about Ricciardo’s departure in a Q&A ⭕with Red Bull, Verstappen said🎃: “What I think is really nice is that Daniel is in general always a very positive person.

“He’s always smiling and it’s a good atmosphere being around him. It’s bette🦹r than having a grumpy team-mate who ✃doesn’t really speak to you.

“That’s maybe not a lesson, but ju🦩st having a good atmosphere in the team is very important, so for sure I’ll take that onboard and will try to create that with Pi𝓡erre as well.”

Asked for his earliest memory of racing against Gas🔯ly, the Dutchman replied: “It was my first international season in go-karting and I think it was Pierre’s second. We were racing against each other the whole season 😼and we had a few good battles.

"At the time we were not talking a lot, I think Pierre was not ♓that good at English and neither was I. You’re 12 years old, so it’s a bit different.

“Throughout the years you always stay in con🥀tact; your paths cross again through t🎀he other series.

“Then he ended up in the Red Bull programme. He’s a very fast driver but also a very nice guy to be with and that’s important💜.”

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, who believes the Verstappen-Ricciardo line-up was 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Red Bull's strongest-ever, said Ga✱sly will be “stepping into bigඣ shoes” following Ricciardo’s exit from the Milton Keynes-based squad.

“They know each other well,” Horner explained. “They’ve r🔯oomed with each other, they’ve raced with each other since karting.

“There’s a healthy respect between the two of them. Pierre ✤is st♉epping into big shoes.”