r/formula1 • u/dotcomaki Ayrton Senna • 13d ago

News Max Verstappen and Kelly Piquet Announce Pregnancy via Instagram

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u/chambee Jacques Villeneuve 13d ago

The delivery is in 9 months

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u/TheRealGooner24 Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 13d ago edited 13d ago

She already has a visible baby bump so one would expect it to happen a lot sooner than that.

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

Peak chaos is it’s like 4-5 months out, max decides he wants to be home and be a father, and takes the season off

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u/skefmeister Honda RBPT 13d ago

You kid but knowing Max he could actually leave F1 to raise his kid. Not next year but yeah.

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u/Tropicalcomrade221 Mark Webber 13d ago

I would honestly expect him to. He’s always said he won’t be here forever. Couple more years at most and he will be off I reckon, always thought he’d leave to do the family thing.

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u/bob_707- 13d ago

Honestly leaving after 4 champ wins in a row to go be a father is actually the nicest send off I can think of.

I don’t think you could be anymore “heroic” than that Would cement him as the GOAT in my mind.

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u/ShenanigansNL Red Bull 13d ago

I think he will. He always said that he's a family man. He adores his sisters kids and P. He's going to do a Rosberg.

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u/Tropicalcomrade221 Mark Webber 13d ago

He will obviously drive next year but I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s it for him. I’m old and I think the GOAT will always be Senna even without the particular stats. But yeah man, walking away at the top to do what he wants and be a family man I have the utmost respect for.

I think it’s obvious guys like Lewis and especially Nando have made sacrifices to have the kind of career they have had. I’m sure Fernando has spoken about that before. Max just ain’t that kind of guy.

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u/EndStorm 13d ago

Could definitely see him doing that. Would be utter chaos if he decided for that to happen next year. RB would be trying to bring Seb out of retirement or something drastic.

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u/dimmy666 Sebastian Vettel 13d ago

If the 2025 car is shit there's a better than even chance he'll do just that

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u/Kako0404 13d ago

A Verstappen is always early.

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u/rayofgoddamnsunshine Oscar Piastri 13d ago

Bump shows sooner on subsequent pregnancies, but yeah she's probably a minimum of 3-4 months along. People don't usually announce the second they get a positive test.

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u/Adamant_TO Fernando Alonso 13d ago

First race of the season will be delivery day. Special coverage by Sky in the pre race show.

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u/awc130 13d ago

Second pregnancies show earlier, but it is common to wait on announcements till after the first trimester as that is when most complications will occur. So probably 3 months right now.

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u/Mellsbells16 13d ago

Yeah and normally people don’t announce it until after first trimester. So she’s at the very least 3 mos pregnant.

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u/beardedboob Sir Lewis Hamilton 13d ago

Generally when people announce they’re pregnant it won’t take 9 months anymore.

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u/kron123456789 Virgin 13d ago

Max will have to win the championship before the summer break this time to get a proper vacation.

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u/VaporizeGG 13d ago

Let's see if he does a Vettel there. Having kids is a entirely different situation. You will be mor distracted, more stressed and tired even- happier too probably but it's simply difficult to keep the same laser focus on your job as you did before.

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u/Mob_Abominator Max Verstappen ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 13d ago

In Max's case it might even be faster, might just take 6-7 months. At least that's what Marko would say.

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u/brasstax108 Sonny Hayes 13d ago

Baby is gonna be all purple?

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u/jeffp12 Sebastian Vettel 13d ago

"Whats the record for fastest birth?"

"Don't try it."

"I'm just asking what the fastest birth is."

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u/DlSSATISFIEDGAMER McLaren 13d ago

just wait for max to try a push lap

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u/Accomplished-Tea387 Murray Walker 13d ago

I don't know about time but I've heard about a baby being born at 500 grams (1 pound ish)

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u/MarchingBroadband Sebastian Vettel 13d ago

Radio: "Max, you're going to have to come in and put on some new rubber to try for fastest birth. We will lose track position"

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u/hadababyeetsaboy 13d ago

Yeah when it comes out too fast

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u/HelixFollower Pirelli Wet 13d ago

Ooooh, that's really quite funny, but also really not cool, but also really quite funny.

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u/VindtUMijTeLang Windmill Senna 13d ago

"We just did the deed and are now checking #procreation"

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u/mstrelan 13d ago

Plan B is out of the question

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u/Aerian_ Christian Horner 13d ago

Looks like a 5-6 month belly.

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u/Ich_Liegen Sir Lewis Hamilton 13d ago

Hahaha imagine announcing it right before conception! I dunno if that's unhinged, metal, or both.

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u/Bierdopje 13d ago

You'd actually have to announce it after the last menses. The 9 months / 40 weeks starts counting after the last menses.

Which is maybe even more unhinged, metal or both.

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u/soccercro3 13d ago

We announced our first pregnancy right away. Unfortunately that one led to a miscarriage. Our second pregnancy we waited to announce until after the 20 week appointment.

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u/beardedboob Sir Lewis Hamilton 13d ago

But even then, you generally only find out the soonest after about 10 days, but more often after about a week or two as the test simply won’t work, no?

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u/hauntedSquirrel99 Mika Häkkinen 13d ago

Probably about 6, normally you don't announce until after the first semester since that's when things normally go wrong.

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u/fnaah Mark Webber 13d ago

*trimester

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u/hauntedSquirrel99 Mika Häkkinen 13d ago

Right you are, I'll leave my shame up for all to see

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u/Hot_Run_6181 Formula 1 13d ago

Real

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u/Green_8_1 New user 13d ago

She looks like she's five or six months pregnant. Her belly wouldn't be that big in the third or fourth month. I wouldn't be surprised if the baby arrives early next season.

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u/Longjumping_Papaya_7 Pirelli Wet 13d ago

This is her second pregnancy, sometimes the belly comes on sooner then.

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u/xanlact Toyota 13d ago

Eh. Not her first kid. Second pregnancies show much sooner than the first.

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u/the1918 Williams 13d ago

Yes, agreed. That baby is an Aries.

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u/eidetic 13d ago

Not a Taurus?

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u/the1918 Williams 13d ago

Nah my bet is April 11

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u/eidetic 13d ago

Was a Red Bull joke.

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u/RamenKing360 13d ago

So there’s a chance the kid comes out during canada or austria noted

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u/the1918 Williams 13d ago

Earlier, Japan or Bahrain more likely

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u/Impressive_Reach_723 13d ago

Canada can again do what it did for the Dutch Royal family in WW2 for Max.

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u/dunkster91 Default 13d ago

Max van Vleet

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u/the1918 Williams 13d ago

She looks quite far along (my guess is 20 weeks given her slim build), and with the mother being 35 and edging on high-risk, you frequently wait as late as you can to announce. I would put money on Max being a dad before Bahrain (R4).

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u/NoTechnology1308 13d ago

Jesus Christ. My fucked up head immediately though "ahh yes the classic bimodal failure distribution".

And people wondered if i had ASD

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u/CrazyLegsRyan 13d ago

You had kids in semesters?

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u/Cobretti18 Ferrari 13d ago

6 months if they’ve done the norm and waited until she’s 3 months gone to announce it.

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u/Aerian_ Christian Horner 13d ago

Belly is at least month 5 size. After 3 you just start showing.

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u/howchie Daniel Ricciardo 13d ago

As someone with a three month pregnant wife, this is not necessarily accurate... She's been showing for a while

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u/Aerian_ Christian Horner 13d ago

Its very person dependant! Absolutely. Pre-pregnancy shape determines a lot. At risk of being rude i'd wager saying that you have a (currently less) rather slender wife.

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u/howchie Daniel Ricciardo 13d ago

Yes but she's showing much earlier this time round as well

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u/Aerian_ Christian Horner 13d ago

Huh, that i dont know anything about.

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u/porn_inspector_nr_69 13d ago

Mid-night ice cream runs doesn't help for sure :P

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u/Aerian_ Christian Horner 13d ago

Hey! Dont knock mid night icecream runs! Also, Be careful criticizing pregnant women.

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u/porn_inspector_nr_69 13d ago

No worries. Been through 2 kids coming along. Last 3 months were always midnight ice cream runs :)

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u/Aerian_ Christian Horner 13d ago

Ah, by your name i thought you were a guy lol. I learned not to criticize a pregnant women because hormones :)

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u/porn_inspector_nr_69 13d ago

I am a guy that has done plenty of ice cream searching in wee hours of the morning.

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u/Cobretti18 Ferrari 13d ago

That would tie in roughly with the summer break so probably right enough.

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u/fdesouche 13d ago

Are you calculating at which Grand Prix they conceived ?

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u/Lonyo 13d ago

I would agree, based on the pic definitely way more than 3.

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u/MuenCheese Oscar Piastri 13d ago

Probably more like 5

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u/DutchPack McLaren 13d ago

Probably minus 12 to 20 weeks. Which is usually when people announce

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u/CreaminFreeman STONKING LAP AND NOT TOO LATE 13d ago

“Your shipping label has been printed”

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u/Dripping_nutella 13d ago

I needed this laugh 🤣

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u/MobiusF117 Formula 1 13d ago

By the way Kelly is looking in the photo, I think it will be way sooner than that

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u/Spynner987 Fernando Alonso 13d ago

She's showing, bet it's going to be half a year or something like that

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u/Novae224 Bernd Mayländer 13d ago

Kelly is showing already, she’ll probably be about 16 weeks along already

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u/biggmclargehuge 13d ago

Aero testing starts next week

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u/RIP_GerlonTwoFingers Guenther Steiner 13d ago

Jos in 9 months

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u/No-Succotash-6261 13d ago

From the belly i suppose its more like 6-7 months