{"id":91370,"date":"2025-08-23T14:25:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T14:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/91370\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T14:25:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T14:25:12","slug":"max-verstappen-cuddles-daughter-lily-goes-jet-skiing-with-kelly-piquet-and-penelope-in-rare-vacation-photos-formula-one-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/91370\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen cuddles daughter Lily, goes jet skiing with Kelly Piquet and Penelope in rare vacation photos | Formula One News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MaxMax Verstappen shares vacation photos with Kelly Piquet and Lily (Image credit: Instagram) Amid speculation that Max Verstappen wasn\u2019t spending enough time with girlfriend Kelly Piquet and their newborn daughter Lily, the Red Bull star has finally put the rumors to rest. Just days ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix, Verstappen shared a series of adorable family photos on Instagram featuring Kelly, Lily, and his stepdaughter Penelope. The pictures show the family having a blast during a scenic summer getaway by the water.<\/p>\n

Max Verstappen shares rare family photos from summer vacation<\/p>\n

Max Verstappen summed up his summer break with a collection of family snapshots posted on Instagram on Saturday. His caption was short and sweet: \u201cGood times,\u201d accompanied by a victory hand emoji.The first photo shows Verstappen holding Lily in his arms, followed by a shot of him and Piquet posing in neck-deep water. Another photo shows Verstappen riding a jet ski with Piquet and Penelope, accompanied by a video of him surfing.Kelly Piquet reacted with a magic wand and heart emoji. Verstappen\u2019s sister, Victoria Verstappen, shared her love by dropping a heart-hands and sparkles emoji. Fans couldn\u2019t hold back their excitement either. One wrote, \u201cLooking well rested, champ.\u201d Another gushed, \u201cOh Max, this is the most wholesome thing ever\u2014seeing you hold Lily!\u201d A third fan added, \u201cBeautiful pictures, so nice to see you happy.\u201dOthers commented, \u201cFinally a photo with Lily,\u201d and even gave Verstappen nicknames like \u201cDad Max\u201d and \u201cDaddy Cool.\u201d<\/p>\n

Max Verstappen on embracing fatherhood<\/p>\n

Max Verstappen and Kelly Piquet welcomed their daughter Lily around the time of the Miami Grand Prix in May. Verstappen is also a loving stepfather to Piquet\u2019s daughter Penelope from her previous relationship.Speaking after securing pole position at the Miami GP shortly after Lily\u2019s birth, the 27-year-old dismissed any notion that fatherhood might affect his performance. He said, \u201cClearly, it didn\u2019t make me slower being a dad, so that\u2019s a positive. We can throw that out of the window for people mentioning it. I don\u2019t really listen to these silly things\u2014I just do my thing. There have been plenty of world champions with kids before me. Honestly, I don\u2019t know where this comes from.\u201dAlso Read: \u201cWhere\u2019s the father?\u201d: Fans question Max Verstappen\u2019s absence as Kelly Piquet shares Lily\u2019s new photo album<\/a>After enjoying a well-deserved break, Verstappen now turns his attention to his home race, the Dutch Grand Prix. It is scheduled from August 29 to 31 at the Zandvoort Circuit, where he finished second last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen shares vacation photos with Kelly Piquet and Lily (Image credit: Instagram) Amid speculation that Max Verstappen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,53760,53761,1885,53762,2190,82],"class_list":["post-91370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-kelly-piquet","tag-lily-verstappen","tag-max-verstappen","tag-penelope-piquet","tag-red-bull-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}