Infamou✅sly, the pair had an heated exchange following the 2017 Hungarian Grand Prix, when Magnussen pushed Hulkenberg - who was driving for Renault at the time - off the track.

In the media 𒅌pen, Magnussen told Hulkenberg: “suck my b****”.

Magnussen and Hulkenberg are now Haas’ teammate pairing for F1 2023.

Just und🔥er five years later, Hulkenberg explained how he spoke to Magnussen about it last year when stepping i🏅n for Sebastian Vettel at the 2022 Bahrain GP.

Speaking to the media on Thursday in Ba🔜hrain, Hulkenberg said: “We actually sort of broke the ice here 12 months ago when I stepped in for Seb.

“There’s this driver picture on the Sunday morning and ▨we happened to be standing behind each other and I sort of thought ‘it’s time to break the ice’ and re🦩ached out with a hand and with a smile and put his words into his face.

“And that’s where our relationship actually started 12 mont🍷hs ago and ever since, you know, it’s actually been pretty good. We’ve been hanging out a bit over the winter in the UK, doing some marketing and media stuff and yeah, so far so good, I feel no tension or friction between us.

“He’s a dad too so we’re both in similar positions in our life, and looki🐲ng forward to working alongside him.”

Hulken⭕berg makes his full-time 🍨return to F1 after three seasons away.

In that time, the German was Aston Martin’s (previously Racing Point) reserve driver, making✤ several appearances.

Hulkenberg is confident of performing on his return as Haas look to build on♔ their P8 finish in the championship last year.

"That fe♏eling is going to grow better and stronger every race because testing was not huge,” hܫe added.

"I think the midfield is very competitive and tight once ag💦ain. We say it every year but it is actually always the case and 🌌small things can make a big impact, can be a difference.

"I believe we were somewhere in th🍷e midfield as well, it can be very tr♍ack dependent on whether you are at the upper end or the lower end. It is our job to maximise what we have and score results."