For a joyful reason
F1 superstar Verstappen skips media day
01.05.2025 – 8:01 p.m.Reading time: 1 min.
Formula 1 superstar Max Verstappen are in the house. Therefore, he made a clear decision before the race in Miami.
Max Verstappen does without the media round at the Grand Prix in Miami on Thursday. The reason: The Dutch expects his first child and stays with his family for the time being. This was announced by the four -time world champion team.
“Max will not take part in Miami on the media day because he was expecting the birth of his child,” it said in a message. Everything is fine, Verstappen will return to the route on Friday. There will be no further comments at first-out of consideration for the privacy of the 27-year-old and his family.
The only free training before the weekend will take place on Friday at 6.30 p.m. German time. At 10:30 p.m., qualifying for the sprint race on Saturday follows.
Verstappen has been in a relationship with Kelly Piquet since 2020, the daughter of Nelson Piquet, the triple world champion from Brazil. The 36-year-old brought a daughter to the relationship from a previous relationship with the former Formula 1 driver Daniil Kwjat.
At the season finale in Abu Dhabi in December 2024, Verstappen and Piquet announced that they would expect young people. At that time, they wrote on Instagram that “Mini is on the move”-and that they were overjoyed over their little miracle.