Red Bull's racer Max Verstappen gave a cute reaction to his girlfriend Kelly Piquet's post featuring their daughter Lily on social media. The Dutch racer is currently spending his summer break with hi friends and family vacationing on his newly purchased yacht, "Unleash the Lion".
The Dutchman's sister, Victoria Verstappen, along with Piquet, has been regularly sharing pictures of their vacation on the sea on their personal social media handles. The 27-year-old has had a difficult first half of the season, given that he finds himself adrift from the title fight consisting the McLaren duo of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.
However he has managed to register two victories and a sprint win the 2025 season, the reigning four-time F1 world champion has largely had no response for the MCL39. On a personal note, It has been a life-changing year for Max Verstappen as he welcomed his first child with his girlfriend in early May, named Lily.
The couple has abstained from sharing pictures of the newborn's face on social media, but the 36-year-old Brazilian model and influencer has given glimpses of Lily to her followers. On her social media post on Instagram, Kelly Piquet shared a series of pictures from their vacations during the summer break and wrote:
"My Summer Essentials "
In the comment section of the post, Max Verstappen could not help but give an adorable reply, posting three heart emojis, which gained over 4k likes.
Verstappen has chosen to spend as much time as possible with her daughter Lily and even flies off from the race the weekends right after finishing his media duties.
Daniel Ricciardo opens up on his relationship with Max Verstappen
Ricciardo and Verstappen were teammates at Red Bull for three seasons, from 2016 to 2018. At that point of time, Ricciardo was an established name in Red Bull, and he was joined by Verstappen, who replaced Daniil Kvyat in the middle of the season.
The duo faced fierce competition, as they raced each other for nearly three seasons. At the end of 2018, Daniel Ricciardo parted his way with Red Bull and Joined Renault. On the other hand, Max Verstappen stayed with the side, and won four back-to-back titles from 2021 to 2024.
Recently, Ricciardo spoke about his relationship with Max Verstappen and said how proud he was that his former teammate is now a four-time world champion. speaking about this, here's what he said at the connect event 2025:
"Now seeing Max go on to be a four-time world champion. Four-time? I lose count he has won that many now. He's four-time world champion, I'm proud.”
With Renault, Daniel Ricciardo for two years and then moved to McLaren in 2021. In the season of 2023, Ricciardo was replaced by Oscar Piastri, while the former returned to Red Bull as a reserve racer.
As of August 2025, Ricciardo is out of Formula 1 and there is no report that backs his return to the sport.
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