The Red Bull duo have won the first three grands prix of 2023 between them, cementing their team’s dominance after they claimeꦦd the drivers’ and constructors’ ch🐼ampionship last year.

Bu✃t there have been obvious problems between the drivers - Verstapp༒en refused team orders last season, citing an earlier incident where he insisted Perez ruined his qualifying.

Even this year amid their dominance, Perez claimed🃏 that he was receiving different instructions to Verstappen as they both hunted a point for the fastest lap.

Asked by if his son and Verst𒈔appen had issues between them, Antonio Perez said: 🌄That is a lie, let us be clear. 

“Red Bull is a brand that costs many billions of🐠 dollars above Checo and Max. 

“It is a professional team that wants to win with its two drivers, they want to have lap onꦏe from practice one and they want their two drivers to ꦰbe 1 and 2.

“There is no favouritism for anyone, everything is ♎🌺speculation. 

“Red🥂 Bull has the two best tigers in the same cage, if they were not on the same level there would be no thing that is happening.”

Aston Martin have emerg👍ed as the closest challengers to Red Bull, ahead of Mercedes and Ferrari.

Fernando Alonso has been✅ on the podium at each race in 2023 so far.

Lewis🌳 Hamilton finished as runner-up behind Verstappen in Australia.

“Hopefully more teams and drivers join to fꦺight the championship, that the fight is not only between Chec🌺o and Max,” Perez’s father said.

The F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix is on April 30.