Max Verstappen has a new teammate in Liam Lawson for 2025, but not much has changed since Sergio Perez's departure. According to Verstappen, he's mainly focused on his own performance, stating that he still must perform in order to maintain his number-one role at Red Bull.

Montoya also added that if Lawson’s 2024 incidents are anything to go by, he would likely have ‘friction’ with Verstappen, warning Red Bull to be poised for team-mate drama during in 2025. "If you look at Liam, he had his run-ins with people last year and everything," Montoya told Mundo Deportivo .

Max Verstappen F1 2025 title chances declared zero. While the trademark dominance of Verstappen and Red Bull in F1’s ground effect era faded as 2024 went on – team and driver