Ricciardo, who was Verstappen’s teammate between 2016 and 2018, has rejoined Red Bull as the team’s third driver after having his McLaren contract cut-short😼 and being left without a full-time F1 seat for the upcoming season. 

Along wi𝄹th carrying out marketing activities and acting as Red Bull’s reserve driver at select races in 2023, Ricciardo will also spend time on the team’s simulator.&nb🎐sp;

But two-time world champion Ve𒁏rstappen says he would rather carry out the work himself in order to tai🌠lor car set-up to his specific driving style. 

“Sometiℱmes the days in the sim are long but I am convinced that this kind of work is worth doing,” the Dutchman told Speedwee✃k. 

“As far as I’m concerned, I don’t want there to be 🐟a test driver working in the si𝔍mulator like other teams do.

“I want to work on it myself because everyone has their own driv👍ing style. It helps me keep my concentration. 

“After all🤡, t💃here’s not much to do at home other than train on the simulator. Plus it’s something I enjoy.”

Verstappen has even kitted out his ൲private jet with a racing simulator to get more practice in as he bids to become just the fif🍌th driver in F1 history to win three world titles in a row. 

Red Bull advisor Helmet Marko revealed to Sport1: “He even had his private plane converteꩲd so that he can fly a simulator in the air in the future. 

“But that’s a good thing, too, because Max😼 needs this diཧstraction. In any case, it didn’t do him any harm when it came to his two titles!”