5) Pierre Gasly

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pierre Gasly was given the call-up to Red Bull following 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo’s shock switch to Renault for 2019.

Gasly hadꦚ enjoyed a strong 2018 campaign with Toro Rosso, even if his teammate at the time, Brendon Hartley, was an unknown quantity. 

Life at Red Bull immediately started on the backfoot for Gasly, crashing heavily twice at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in pre-seas𝔍on testing.

Things didn’t get better for Gasly as his strug🎶gles continued into the actual season, often lan♑guishing behind Verstappen.

In Austria, Gasly was lapped by the Dutchman, who ultimately won the rac🉐e at the Red Bull Ring.

After just 12 races, Gasly was dropped and demoted back to Toro Rosso, giving 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Albon the﷽ chanc🍎e to shine at Red Bull alongside Verstappen.

Duri🐟ng his short stint with the team, Gasly had scored just 63 points, 118 points fewer than Verstappen - barely 25 per cent of Red Bull’s total for the year.

His attღitude was also questioned following a rumoured fall-out with technical guru Adrian Newey.

4) Alex Albon

Albon laste❀d longer than Gasly - and on 🌳the whole - fared slightly better.

His first half a sea🍌so⛄n with Red Bull in 2019 was respectable, picking up 76 points compared Verstappen’s 97. 

While there was still a significant pace difference 💙between the pair, a step over the winter from Albon for 2020 would have given Red Bull a very competitive driver pairing.

However, a trickly-handling RB16 - combined with Verstappen's consistent world-class level o🎀f performances - meant like Gasly, Albon struggled to get close to his teammate.

Albon was whitewashed 17-0 in qualifying, and never finished ahead of Verstappen when both cars made the🌃 chequered flag.

Inevitably, Red Bull dropped Albon following𒁃 the 20🎶20 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

3) Sergio Perez

A꧙fter Gasly and Albon didn’t work out, Red Bull searched outside of their own junior programme for a more experienced, proven option.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez was given the nod over Nico ౠH♉ulkenberg for 2021, with Red Bull looking to challenge Mercedes for the major honours.

His arrival at Red Bull coincided with the team's upturn in performance relative to♏ Mercedes, meaning Perez's results were always going to look more flattering compared to his predecessors.

To his credit, Perez played an integral role in Verstappen’s triumph over 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton in 2021 with h🍒is stern defence at the Turkish and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix.

In overall performance termಞs, Perez has been a marginal upgrade on Albon, but his ability to pick up infrequent race victories, and bounce bac🧜k from adversity puts him just ahead on our list.

2) Carlos Sainz

Verstappen and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz formed Toro Rosso’s all-rookie line-up in 2015.

The pair were generally evenly-matched as Sa✨inz came out on top in the qualifying head-to-head 10-9.

Verstappen’s prowess on race day - something that is even more apparent in the modern day - put him well ahead in the final championship sta♌ndings.&nb👍sp;

Granted, reliability and lady luck wasn't on Sainz's side with seven DNFs in 2015 but Verstappen ultimately hဣad the edge overall.

It's easy to forget that Verstappen was just 17 at the time, and 2015 was his second yᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚear in single-seaters, giving Sainz a significant advantage in terms of racing experience which he🌼 was unable to make the most of.

The pair were ⛎split up after just four races in 2016 as Verstappen replaced Daniiౠl Kvyat at Red Bull.

Sainz would never get the ཧchance to go up against Verstappen again as Red Bulಞl feared replicating the widely-reported "toxic" team environment that existed at Toro Rosso.

1) Daniel Ricciardo

There are no doubts that Ricciardo has been Verstappen’s strongest teౠammate.

It's prob🍒ably why Red Bull are keen on bringing Ricciardo back to the team in 2025 should Perez continue to struggle for form.

During thei🍎r time as teammates, Red Bull had the best driver pairing on the grid, but never had the machinery to truly chal𒈔lenge Mercedes or Ferrari on a consistent basis.

Ricciardo had the immediate edge in 2016 as Verstappen got accustomed to his new team (even if Verstappen did wi🌊n remarkably on his Red Bull debut).

As time went on, things got closer, even if Ricciardo finished 𒀰ahead in the 2017 world championship, Verst🔯appen had the lion share of poor reliability.

The tide started to turn in 2018 - their final 𝕴year as teammates - as Verstappen dominated every metric, beating Ricciardo 14-5 in qualifying.

2018𓄧 proved to be the turning point in Verstappen’s F1 career, 🍨particularly his nightmare Monaco weekend, which ironically, Ricciardo won.

Th🔯e gap between the pair 🌸only increased, and tensions boiled over after their crash in Baku.

Ricciardo left for Re🦋nault as Red Bull truly became Verstappen's te🅺am.

20ಞ19 and 2020, as Ricciardo battled it out in the midfield, Verstappen continued to grow as a driver before becoming the driver to finally overcome the doಞminant force that was Hamilton.