Kelly Piquet shares clicks featuring Max Verstappen, Penelope Kvyat, and Lily Verstappen from the New Year’s Eve get-together

Max Verstappen featured prominently in a set of New 12 months’s Eve footage shared by his companion Kelly Piquet, providing followers a glimpse into the household’s celebrations as 2026 approached. The pictures have been posted on Piquet’s Instagram tales and in addition featured her two daughters, Penelope Kvyat and Lily Verstappen.

Piquet has been in a relationship with Max Verstappen since 2020, with the pair turning into one of the recognisable {couples} within the F1 paddock. Earlier than that, Piquet dated former F1 driver Daniil Kvyat, with whom she shares a daughter, Penelope, born in 2019.

Lily Verstappen, born in Might 2025, is Piquet’s second daughter and first with Verstappen. Since her delivery, the couple has made a aware effort to guard her privateness, obscuring her face in photographs shared on-line.

The household celebrated New 12 months’s Eve collectively, as shared by Piquet on Instagram. The primary image confirmed the entire household posing for a photograph collectively, with the faces of Penelope and Lily hidden. The household seemed to be in a relaxed outside setting to commemorate the brand new 12 months.

Piquet additionally shared a few healthful selfies of herself with Verstappen, with the pair smiling for an in depth up photograph.

Other than this, the Brazilian mannequin additionally shared quite a few different photographs that includes her and Verstappen’s massive group of mates on what seems to be a yacht experience within the moonlight. She additionally shared a video of a fireworks show, marking the tip of 2025.

These household moments come on the finish of a dramatic F1 season for Verstappen. Piquet and Penelope have been current on the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in 2025, the place Verstappen narrowly missed out on the drivers’ championship by simply two factors to McLaren’s Lando Norris. Nevertheless, the 4x world champion remained in excessive spirits after the season, selecting to deal with his exceptional second half comeback reasonably than missed alternatives early on.

Max Verstappen chosen as greatest driver of 2025 by fellow F1 stars

Regardless of shedding out on a fifth consecutive title, Max Verstappen has been voted as the perfect driver of the 2025 F1 season by his fellow opponents. World champion Lando Norris ranked second, as Mercedes’ George Russell rounded off the highest 3.

This marked the primary time {that a} driver who didn’t win the world championship has been voted as the perfect driver of the season since this rating started in 2018. The 28-year-old, who was additionally voted as the perfect driver of 2025 by group principals, completed second within the standings by simply two factors and claimed essentially the most race wins and pole positions in 2025.

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri ranked fourth within the standings, whereas Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was fifth. Spanish pair Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonso have been voted because the sixth and seventh greatest drivers of the season, respectively, whereas Alex Albon was eighth. Rookies Ollie Bearman and Isack Hadjar have been ranked ninth and tenth greatest drivers of the 12 months after stellar debut seasons for each.

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