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 had enjꦫoyed a strong 2018 campaign with Toro Rosso, even if his teammate at the time, Brendon Hartley𓂃, was an unknown quantity. 

Life at Red Bull iꦰmmediately started on the back💧foot for Gasly, crashing heavily twice at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in pre-season testing.

Things didn’t get better for Gasly as his struggles contiღnued🦂 into the actual season, often languishing behind Verstappen.

In Austria, Gasly was lapped by the Dutchman, who ultimately won the race at the Re🃏d 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 chance to shine at Red Bull alongside Verstappe🍌n.

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

His attitude was also questioned following a rumoured fa💖ll-out with technical guru Adrian Newey.

4) Alex Albon

Albon lasted longer than Gasly - and on the whole - fared slightly bette𝔍r.

His first half a season with Red Bull in 20꧂19 was respectable, picking up 76 points compared Verstappen’s 97. 

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

However, a trickly-handling R🐭B16 - combined with Verstappen's consistent world-class l♑evel of 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 followingღ the 2020 Abu Dhabi Gran🔯d Prix.

3) Sergio Perez

After Gasly and Albon didn’t work out, Red Bull s🐈earched 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 Hulkenberg for 2021, with Red Bull looking to challenge Mercedes for the major honoursꦚ.

His arrival at Red ꧋Bull coincided with the team's upturn in performance relative to Mercedes, mean🎐ing 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 his♋ stern defence at the Turki🅰sh and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix.

In overall performance terms, Perez has been a marginal upgrade on Albon, but his ability to pick up infrequent race victories, and bounce back from adversity puts him ju𒁃st 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 pair𒐪 were ౠgenerally evenly-matched as Sainz 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 standings. 

Gran﷽ted, r🦹eliability and lady luck wasn't on Sainz's side with seven DNFs in 2015 but Verstappen ultimately had the edge overall.

It's easy to forget that Verstappen was just 17 at the time, and 2015🉐 was his second year 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 201🍒6 as Verstappen replaced Daniil Kvyat at Red Bull.

Sainz would never get the chance to go up against Verstappen a🔥gain as Red Bull 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 teammate.

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

During their time as teammates, Red Bu𝓡ll had the best driver pairing on the grid, but never had the machinery to truly challenge Mercedes or Ferrari on a consistent basis🍌.

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

As time w✨ent on, thingꦓs got closer, even if Ricciardo finished ahead in the 2017 world championship, Verstappen had the lion share of poor reliability.

The tide started to turn in 2018 - their final year as𓄧 teammates - as Ver🍎stappen dominated every metric, beating Ricciardo 14-5 in qualifying.

2018 proved to be the turning poꦺint in Verstap♌pen’s F1 career, particularly his nightmare Monaco weekend, which ironically, Ricciardo won.

꧒The gap between the pair only increased, and tensions boiled over after their crash in Baku.

Ricciardo left for Renault as Red Bull t🍰ruly became Verstappen's t🌟eam.

2019 and♎ 2020, as Ricciardo battled it out in the midfield, Veওrstappen continued to grow as a driver before becoming the driver to finally overcome the dominant force that was Hamilton.