Kelly Piquet celebrating with Max Verstappen after the 2024 F1 Brazilian Grand Prix (Image via Instagram/kellypiquet)
Max Verstappen's girlfriend, Kelly Piquet, recently posted a bunch of pictures of the 2024 F1 Brazilian GP on her Instagram account. The Dutch driver drove an excellent race at Interlagos and won after starting from P17.
The reason why the Red Bull star started the race from so far down was because of a five-place grid penalty for a power unit element change and a poor qualifying session. In qualifying's Q2 session, Verstappen was disallowed to clock a fast lap after Lance Stroll lost control of his car and brought out a red flag.
In the race, however, the three-time world champion charged through the pack and quickly arrived near the top. After the first rounds of pitstops, Franco Colapinto crashed, causing a red flag. Since Verstappen did not pit during the regular window, it gave him a massive position advantage during the red flag since he was P2. After the restart, he overtook Alpine's Esteban Ocon and won the race.
