Sergio Perez’💯s father has commented upon his son’s relations🎶hip with Max Verstappen.

The two💜 Red Bull drivers have not always got along smoothly but, this season, have worked on-track like a well-oiled machine.

“They are two tigers in the same cage, is what I have told them,” 🦋Antonio Perez told  in Mexico.

“And if you ask me, who would you l💫ike to see Che🏅co team up with, I would say the best in the world.

“So however it๊ is today, Ch♕eco is the second best in the world in Formula One.”

He also insist𝓰ed: "The best of Checo Perez has not yet been seen.”

The relationship betwꦿeen the two Red Bull driver𝔍s has mellowed this season, after exploding last year.

Verstappen refused team orders at the back end of 2023, after already claiming the championship, which were in♛tended to help Peꦰrez.

He then insisted it was not his job to assist his tꦯeammate in finishing second overall in the championship.

Verstappen referred to an 🅘incident earlier in the season, in Monaco qualifying, where he was hampered by a Perez crash.

Perez has secured three P2 finishes in five F1 grands prix this season,💟 each time with Verstappen winning the race.

That series of results represents the ෴dream scenario for the dominant Red Bull team.

At last weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix, Pere🍸z ceded P2 to Lando Norris and was forced to settle for P3, but Christian Horner insisted his No2 driver was unfortunate.

The run of positive results that Perez has strung together, in Verstappen’s shadow, is the best possible respꦏonse to th💝e pressure he is under to keep his Red Bull drive.

Perez’s contract expires this year and the best car in F1 would be coveted b🎃y most drivers on the grid.

Ferrari’s Carlos Sain💙z - the winner of the past two grands prix that Red Bull failed to win - is among the options to replace Perez.