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"My world champion": Kelly Piquet, the Brazilian model who conquered Max Verstappen

12/13/2021, 5:27:52 PM


The Dutch driver won his first Formula 1 world championship on Sunday 12 December at the end of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. A victory celebrated in the stands by his companion and unwavering support, daughter of F1 star Nelson Piquet. Portrait.

Pictures of the romance between Max Verstappen and Kelly Piquet

Pictures of the romance between Max Verstappen and Kelly Piquet

On January 1, 2021, Kelly Piquet formalizes her relationship with Max Verstappen on Instagram.

Instagram screenshot / @ kellypiquet

Pictures of the romance between Max Verstappen and Kelly Piquet

The Dutch pilot does the same with a shot of the couple in swimsuits on a Brazilian beach.

(Posted January 1, 2021.)

Instagram screenshot / @ kellypiquet

Pictures of the romance between Max Verstappen and Kelly Piquet

The duo have reportedly been in a relationship since October 2020. (Posted on April 4, 2021.)

Instagram screenshot / @ kellypiquet

Pictures of the romance between Max Verstappen and Kelly Piquet

Since then, the 33-year-old model has traveled the world at the option of the 24-year-old pilot's races.

(Posted on February 12, 2021.)

Instagram screenshot / @ kellypiquet

Pictures of the romance between Max Verstappen and Kelly Piquet

Pictures of the romance between Max Verstappen and Kelly Piquet

Pictures of the romance between Max Verstappen and Kelly Piquet

Pictures of the romance between Max Verstappen and Kelly Piquet

Pictures of the romance between Max Verstappen and Kelly Piquet

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She is one of the first people he hastened to embrace on Sunday, December 12, after (contested) a spectacular duel.

Crowned Formula 1 world champion after an epic battle with Lewis Hamilton at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Max Verstappen celebrated his victory with his partner Kelly Piquet.

“My world champion,” she wrote on her Instagram account, caption of a selfie of the couple, immortalized in black and white.

The 33-year-old model has also shared with his some 630,000 subscribers dozens of photos and videos celebrating the triumph of his companion.


"Love of my life"

Born on December 7, 1988 in Hamburg, she is the daughter of Nelson Piquet, a former Brazilian driver who won three Formula 1 world championships in the 1980s, and of the Dutch model Sylvia Tamsma. Her Instagram account is full of vintage photos of her father, to whom she regularly pays tribute.

His love affair with the 24-year-old pilot would have started in October 2020. The couple formalized their relationship three months later, on January 1, through two Instagram posts. “Happy New Year everyone,” writes Max Verstappen in the caption of a photo in which they pose in swimsuits, on a beach in Brazil, the young woman's country of origin. Let’s make 2021 a year we will remember in many ways. I wish you success, love and joy that I have found myself. ” Since then, the top, press officer in the field of motorsports since 2015, accompanies the pilot on numerous circuits, from Milan to Sochi, via Monte-Carlo, and documents their relationship on the social network at will. Multiplying statements to the champion.


“Happy birthday to the love of my life,” she enthuses in a post published on September 30.

I love everything about you, about us, and I am extremely proud of you.

I can't wait to see what lies ahead. ”

A month later, she shares in a story a snapshot of her father Nelson Piquet, and Max Verstappen.

“Finally, they meet,” she enthuses.

In short, Kelly Piquet and "Mad Max" spin the perfect love.

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A relationship with Daniil Kvyat

Asked about her feelings about the risks incurred by her companion, Kelly Piquet said in the press: “Of course I have mixed feelings.

I'm still super excited to support him, but also anxious that everything is going well and that he doesn't get hurt in an accident.

Normally, danger isn't the first thing I think of, but after her two big accidents this year, I'm a lot more nervous. "


Before Max Verstappen, the Brazilian model had a relationship (between 2016 and 2019) with ex-F1 driver, Russian Daniil Kvyat, predecessor of Max Verstappen at Red Bull.

With the latter, she gave birth to a baby girl, Penelope, on July 27, 2019.

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