Max Verstappen opens up on relationship with Penelope Kvyat

Max Verstappen is frequently seen with Kelly Piquet’s little girl, Penelope Kvyat, during his Jerk streams.

Max Verstappen has been formally dating model Kelly Piquet starting from the beginning of 2021, with the girl of three-time Title holder Nelson Piquet frequently seen by the Dutchman’s side at the races.

The couple has shaped an exceptionally impressive bond, as has Verstappen with his accomplice’s girl, Penelope.

Penelope Kvyat’s father is Daniil Kvyat, an ex-F1 driver who Verstappen replaced at Red Bull at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix.

Kelly dated Kvyat preceding gathering Verstappen, before their relationship closed in 2019.

When Verstappen is streaming his simulator racing on Twitch, the 26-year-old Red Bull driver and Penelope are frequently seen together in his Monte-Carlo home.

Many devotees of Verstappen have remarked in the past about how solid Verstappen’s bond is with Penelope; in any case, the three-time Title holder has focused on that he’s making an effort not to turn into her dad.

Verstappen perceives the significance of managing everything well with the four-year-old yet has demanded that she has a “great relationship” with her dad, Kvyat.

Verstappen stated to TIME, “I’m not the father, that’s not the aim.”

“It’s in every case vital that she has a decent connection with her own dad, which she has.

However, I see her every day at home. We get on quite well. She’s exceptionally charming.”

As referenced, Penelope is many times seen on Verstappen’s streams, while he’s dashing in his test system.

Whether it’s a genuine circuit or a virtual one, Verstappen is never far away from a course, with him conceding that dashing is fundamentally the main thing he’s “energetic about”.

“I watch different games, yet there’s nothing actually that I’m truly enthusiastic about,” Verstappen said.

Verstappen is similarly however quick in the virtual world as he seems to be in the genuine one, with him having contended in probably the greatest sim races on the planet.

Kelly joked in the TIME interview that she sometimes has to remind the World Champion to leave his simulator and that the “sun is shining outside.”

“There have been times where I’ve been like, ‘alright, time to turn off’,” Piquet said.

“You have to gently remind them that there are other things to do and that the sun is shining outside.”