Max Verstappen was at his mischievous best during the Friday drivers press conference in Abu Dhabi, accusing his Red Bull teammate Daniel Ricciardo of being the culprit behind the bad smells in the team's hospitality unit.
During the press conference, Verstappen has was asked what type of influence has Ricciardo had on him, to which he replied with a grin, "Really bad! He keeps farting. It smells so bad in our hospitality all the time!"
But then added, "No, he’s a great guy. Of course, on track, you always try to beat each other but off-track we can have a great laugh. I think we really respect each and to be honest, I’ve never really experienced something like that in racing, to have such a good teammate, to really have fun with. So yeah, I hope we can be teammates for a long time."
Verstappen recently signed an extension to his contract with the energy drinks outfit which will run until 2021, while Ricciardo has yet to commit to the team, making it known that he only intends to put ink to paper after pre-season testing early next year.
Meanwhile, during the earlier press conference, Ricciardo said of his 20-year-old teammate, "Max improved this year from last year. I won’t say came a long way because he was always there but he certainly improved and I think next year it’s going to be a lot of fun, so looking forward to that."
"We said at the start of this year it would be a good problem to have if we’re both fighting at the front and having some battles. If it’s ultimately deciding a world title we would happily run with that challenge. So, yeah, we’ll see."
"This year we again had high hopes for that. I believe next year we will close the gap. Is it enough to fight for a title? I think we can certainly get close but we’ll see. I don’t want to predict too early. I’m sure we’ve learned a lot this year and I believe we’re going to put in the right work in the winter to start strong," added Ricciardo.
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