Max Verstappen recently shared a hilarious yet embarrassing moment about his partner Kelly Piquet’s daughter, Penelope.

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Max Verstappen celebrates with Penelope Piquet in parc ferme after the 2024 F1 Japanese Grand Prix (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)

He talked about when she swore in front of the Dutchman’s grandmother.

Verstappen and Piquet have been dating for around three years at this point. With time, the reigning world champion formed a close bond with Kelly’s six-year-old daughter, Penelope. She was Kelly’s and former F1 driver Daniil Kvyat’s daughter, who was replaced by Verstappen at Red Bull in 2016.

Max Verstappen has previously stated that he and Penelope have a great relationship and see each other when they are at home in Monaco. The Red Bull star can be seen alongside Kelly Piquet and her daughter in a number of photos on social media platforms. Penelope has also made appearances in a few of the live streams of Verstappen’s esports team, Redline.

In Viaplay’s documentary Max Verstappen: Anatomy of a Champion, the Dutchman told a hilarious story of how Penelope swore in front of his grandmother. He told the story to his father, Jos Verstappen, while they were traveling in a car.

Verstappen explained how Penelope Kvyat and his grandmother were at his home in Monaco when the driver’s cats started acting weirdly. Reacting to the cats, Kelly Piquet’s daughter questioned what they were doing with a curse word. After the story, both Max and Jos Verstappen laughed hard in the car.

“Grandma was at our place in Monaco, right, and she was with Penelope. They sat in the kitchen. And all of a sudden the cats started to jump weirdly, and so on. And then Penelope says, ‘What the f**k are the cats doing?’. And Grandma has that look like, ‘Oh. What did she say?!’. But she hears me say that,” Verstappen said.

Max Verstappen clarifies that he is not a father figure in Penelope’s life

While Max Verstappen is frequently seen with Penelope, he is not her father. Before Verstappen, Kelly Piquet used to date former F1 driver Daniil Kvyat. The Russian driver raced for Red Bull but was replaced by Verstappen in the Austrian team in 2016. Piquet and Kvyat stayed together for a few years and had a daughter named Penelope in July 2019.

Soon after having a child, however, Kelly Piquet and Daniil Kvyat broke up. Nelson Piquet’s daughter was then seen together with Max Verstappen.

Speaking to Time Magazine back in 2023, the three-time world champion explained how he is not a father figure in Penelope’s life. He also emphasized the importance of her keeping a healthy relationship with his real father, Daniil Kvyat.

“I’m not the father, that’s not the aim. It’s always very important that she has a good relationship with her own father, which she has. But I see her every day when I’m at home. We get on very well. She’s very cute,” Verstappen said.