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MONTE-CARLO, MONACO – MAY 23: Race winner Max Verstappen of Netherlands and Red Bull Racing is congratulated by his girlfriend Kelly Piquet in parc ferme during the F1 Grand Prix of Monaco at Circuit de Monaco on May 23, 2021 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. (Photo by Joe Portlock – Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images)
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MONTE-CARLO, MONACO – MAY 23: Race winner Max Verstappen of Netherlands and Red Bull Racing is congratulated by his girlfriend Kelly Piquet in parc ferme during the F1 Grand Prix of Monaco at Circuit de Monaco on May 23, 2021 in Monte-Carlo, Monaco. (Photo by Joe Portlock – Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images)
Max Verstappen‘s girlfriend, Kelly Piquet’s Instagram bio, says “Never underestimate the power of Love ❤️🔥”. While we may never stop obsessing about the ‘it couple’ Verstappen and Piquet, a new darling on the block has us swooning over her interactions with “Maxie”. It is none other than Piquet’s daughter, Penelope. The little wonder often pops up during the time Dutchman’s sim racing. And she has done it again.
Max Verstappen had once admitted to never really switching off. Meaning in his off time he still races, does pit stops, overtakes, and leads his life in a similar way. While we saw him get behind the wheel virtually, we also saw Penelope coming in for interactions, where sometimes she called him over for a tea party to her, giving him innumerable hugs and kisses.
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Formula One F1 – Monaco Grand Prix – Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco – May 23, 2021 Red Bull’s Max Verstappen celebrates winning the race with girlfriend Kelly Piquet Pool via REUTERS/Sebastien Nogier
And this time their rendezvous involves a pink fluffy stuffed toy. While Max was on his simulator setup enjoying racing in the two-week-long break, Piquet’s daughter came in to bash his face with a bunny rabbit toy. This has made fans swoon over his daddy abilities.
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Fans applaud Max Verstappen’s handling of Penelope
Kelly and Max live together in the latter’s pad in Monaco. And we often see a happy family via the Brazilian model’s Instagram stories and posts. Sometimes the trio is out on a yacht with Max teaching P karting, and playing jigsaw puzzles with her. He has already been proclaimed a dotting daddy by the internet and this time around he has been declared “perfect stepdad”. A clip from Verstappen’s latest virtual detour has caught Reddit users’ eye. Take a look at a few of the comments below.
😅 Penelope yine formunda! pic.twitter.com/UAepKTIqua
— Red Bull Racing Türkiye 🇹🇷 (@rbracingturk) May 13, 2023
“Talk about the perfect stepdad”
“Max stepdadapen”
“if you can handle a toddler bashing your face with toys while you’re sim racing, you can handle anything on track”
While everyone adored Max in his stepdad duties, a few humorously took a detour to guide Verstappen’s rivals to take notes on how to derail the beast on the track.
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“George Russell taking notes for the next time he’s called to the Stewards”
“Ferrari strategists taking notes”
“Perez also taking notes.”
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Which is your favorite Kelly-Max moment?