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Max Verstappen<\/a> has opened up about one of the biggest downsides to his F1 career \u2013 being kept away from his family for much of the year.
<\/p>\n \nThe Dutchman appears to be very family-oriented in his personal life, recently popping up in a number of pictures with his partner Kelly Piquet, her daughter Penelope and the pair’s new baby Lily.
<\/p>\n \nVerstappen was also pictured with his mother Sophie Kumpen, sister Victoria and her twin sons Luka and Lio on holiday, with the extended family appearing extremely close.
<\/p>\n \nIn an interview with The Athletic<\/a>, Verstappen discussed at which age he would retire and admitted that living apart from his family was one of the more difficult elements of being a F1 driver.
<\/p>\n \n\u201cI feel like I\u2019m already missing out so much on just being with my family,\u201d Verstappen said.
<\/p>\n \n\u201cI spend holidays with them, but I really miss the moments of just casually rocking up for a weekend or just hanging out on the couch, sitting together on a lazy day, or just after a normal work day.
<\/p>\n \n\u201cWe live quite far apart now, (so) these kinds of moments are not possible with my life. I hope one day that it can go back to that.\u201d
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