Verstappen: 'Ricciardo will miss what he had at Red Bull'

Max Verstappen has fired shots at Daniel Ricciardo and claims that he will miss the team more than the team will miss him. 

The Aussie driver has switched to Renault in a move which has been described as risky. 

"Personally I won’t miss him but he was fun and pleasant to have as a teammate," Verstappen told Algemeen Dagblad.

"That doesn’t happen often and perhaps it won’t happen again. But will I miss him? I believe Daniel will miss what he had here."

It is still unclear as to whether Red Bull's switch to Honda will pay off. 

"Honda’s whole attitude and the plans they have, it’s totally different compared to what we were used to with Renault," said the 21-year-old

"With Renault, we always had to push. It always had to come from us and it was usually ignored. Now it is the other way around and we are pushed to supply parts.

"They need gearboxes and things like that from us, which are really not that easy to make. But Honda just wants to test, test, test. They do more kilometres than I do on the circuit," he added.

"Maybe it will not be enough to compete at every circuit. But we have to make steps during the season so that we can certainly compete for the title from the beginning of 2020."