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Max Verstappen’s girlfriend, Kelly Piquet, has once again come under fire from Lewis Hamilton fans. This time not because of something Max or her father, Nelson Piquet, did. But because of her mother’s internet activity.

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Kelly Piquet had earlier invited Lewis Hamilton’s fans’ fury when she liked social media posts that defended her father’s racist comments about Lewis. The comments drew massive criticism not just from F1, but also from Red Bull and Mercedes.

Now, Kelly’s mother, Sylvia has become the subject of conversation when she responded positively to negative comments on things as mundane as Lewis picking the bill for Sebastian Vettel’s retirement dinner.

Kelly Piquet’s mother’s recent social media activity angers Lewis Hamilton fans

ESPN F1 shared a post on Instagram with photos from Sebastian Vettel’s retirement dinner attended by all the F1 drivers. The post caption read, Lewis [Hamilton] organizing Seb’s farewell dinner and then picking up the tab. GOAT behavior.”

The post had a comment that read, “ESPN F1 making a dinner to celebrate Vettel about Lewis, surprised.” Sylvia responded to the comment with, “Exactly!”

Apart from this, another Instagram post has surfaced where Sylvia applauded a troll comment on Motorsport.com’s post on Lewis Hamilton being given honorary citizenship in Brazil.

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Although her reply to the comment on the ESPN F1’s Instagram post has been deleted, here is what the fans had to say about the same.

Earlier it was Nelson Piquet’s comments on Lewis Hamilton, and now Sylvia’s. Fans think the Piquet family is obsessed with the 7-time world champion.

Max Verstappen too drew some flak as a user called him “shameless”.

Another fan urged the Verstappen-Piquet family to focus on themselves instead.

One fan went to the extent of suggesting that they get professional help.

Another fan highlighted how obsessed they had to be to find comments on Lewis.

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One Lewis fan just urged the family to leave Hamilton alone.

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Max Verstappen will start the season’s final race in Abu Dhabi in the pole position, followed by his teammate Sergio Perez. Lewis Hamilton will start in P5, ahead of his teammate and behind the Ferrari duo Charles Leclerc (P3) and Carlos Sainz (P4). The race will be Sebastian Vettel’s final GP. He will start from P9 after an impressive outing in qualifying yesterday.