Tears of pride for Kelly Piquet during daughter Penelope's special performance

Updated: 21:09, 17 Jun 2025

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Kelly Piquet now has two daughters: a newborn with Max Verstappen, named Lily, and another from a previous relationship, named Penelope.

Penelope is the child of Piquet and former Red Bull Racing driver Daniil Kvyat. The five-year-old recently performed in a ballet showcase, which made Piquet quite emotional.

Posted to her Instagram, Piquet can be seen with her daughter in her ballet outfit. In the post is also a short video of her performance. Piquet captioned the post, "How much do you think I cried?"

Max Verstappen, on the other hand, is rumoured to be in Belgium as his private jet recently landed there. And it has now become known that the Dutchman is there at the Spa-Francorchamps track doing a GT3 test.

Most of the other Formula 1 drivers were present in New York City for the premiere of F1: The Movie.

This article was written in collaboration with Sandy Wijngaarden.

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Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	292
2	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	211
3	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	191
4	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	186
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7	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	120
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	71
9	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	59
10	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	41
11	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	31
12	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	27
13	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
14	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	10
15	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	7
16	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
17	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
18	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
19	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	3
20	Yuki Tsunoda Yuki Tsunoda	Racing BullsRCB	1
21	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0
22	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
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Driver

Team

Points

Kimi Antonelli

MER

292

George Russell

MER

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FER