Video: Verstappen and Ricciardo celebrate the holidays

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Team mates are rarely the best of friends - even if they start off that way it rarely lasts - but Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo seem to be the exception to the rule.

True, they fell out rather badly after colliding at the start of the Hungarian Grand Prix. But that was a long time ago and it seems that such spats are well and truly behind them now.

The pair certainly seem infused with the Christmas spirit in this video released by the team showing how their drivers are spending the holidays.

The pair start by exchanging gifts. These prove to be complimentary festive attire which frankly has to be seen to be believed! So it's just as well we have the video for you right here:

After that there's some crackers to be pulled (sadly, no grid girls) and reminiscences about their Christmas holidays in the past.

"What do you remember about the holidays when you were a kid?" asks Ricciardo.

"Well, that was two years ago," quips Verstappen in response, getting the first shot in at his own expense about his relative youthfulness.

"Just spending time with family and getting a lot of presents, I guess," he continued. "That was the positive side!"

Naturally, Ricciardo's reminiscences include Australian traditions of sunshine and barbecues on the beach on Christmas Day.

"Hot days," he said. "Forty degree days. Summer. White Christmas just ain't my thaaang, it's not me."

Their banter is a delight to behold. It will get your Christmas holidays off to a good start - but beware a truly dreadful cracker joke.

Max is at the keyboard instead of the steering wheel to play things out - by which time you might be wondering just how much eggnog they've already consumed before the cameras started rolling!

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.