Max Verstappen has confessed he made a promise for former Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez that went unfulfilled before Checo left the team.

Sergio Perez lost his seat with Red Bull at the end of a disastrous 2024 for the Mexican but his two replacements, Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda, have both failed to challenge Max Verstappen

"It's definitely interesting. I would obviously love to [drive the Red Bull car], out of curiosity, go and have a look for myself," he shrugged. "Max in the Red Bull is very fast. It's his car and he drives it to the absolute limit. It's a more efficient car in high-speed corners. It's a faster car, but it's apparently hard to exploit most of it.