Max Verstappen Credits Nelson Piquet Reason Behind Red Bull Star’s ‘Perfect Relationship’ With Kelly Piquet

Sabyasachi Biswas | 17/12/2023
Max Verstappen Credits Nelson Piquet Reason Behind Red Bull Star’s ‘Perfect Relationship’ With Kelly Piquet

Max Verstappen has now shared some insights about his relationship with Kelly Piquet. The Dutchman used an interesting analogy to explain what makes his partnership with Piquet and her family a perfect one.

Speaking about this, Verstappen said to Blick as per FormulaPassion, “I like large families with many animals. I currently have three cats, because they are more independent than dogs. Especially when traveling, it is difficult to take care of dogs, because you would always have to carry them with you as if they were children.”

Following this, he added, “It’s not easy either for the owner or for the dogs, and Kelly already knows the problems related to her father’s career. The family must be an oasis of peace to forget moments of stress.” Verstappen is perhaps using this analogy to highlight how Piquet’s family is used to being in the news for the wrong reasons due to Nelson.

How did Piquet’s family become a cause of concern for Max Verstappen?

Kelly Piquet’s father, Nelson Piquet, landed himself in hot waters after the former Brazilian driver racially abused Lewis Hamilton. This took place in November 2021 but only came to light in mid-2022.

Following this, Piquet Sr. faced immense backlash and was also penalized a whopping $1 million. Since Nelson is the father of Kelly, who is Verstappen’s partner, the Dutchman’s name was also dragged into this. Addressing this, the 26-year-old said that the remarks were not racist in nature and were just blown out of proportion.

Verstappen then added that he believed that the paddock ban for Nelson was unnecessary. However, Verstappen did condemn the racial slur used against Hamilton. Even though Verstappen did condemn Nelson’s remarks, fans, and some experts yet slammed the Red Bull driver.

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Sabyasachi Biswas

Sabyasachi Biswas is an F1 journalist at The SportsRush. With over one and a half decades of love for the sport and five years of experience in the field, he dreams to be a regular at the paddock when the lights go out. A Red Bull fan and F1 fan in general over the years, he enjoyed watching Felipe Massa, Sebastian Vettel, and Max Verstappen dominate the track. Apart from F1, he's also a big-time Madridista and Federer fanatic. He was a sub-junior level footballer, won inter-district quizzes and debate competitions back in school. A travel freak throughout, he tries different cuisines and learns new cultures whenever he's away from the keyboard.

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