All About Kelly Piquet's Daughter, Penelope — Including Her Sweet Bond With Max Verstappen

Mar. 15, 2025

Kelly Piquets daughter Penelope.Photo:Kelly Piquet / Instagram

Kelly Piquet / Instagram

Kelly Piquetsays being a mom has taught her “unconditional love.”

The Brazilian model and columnist welcomed daughter Penelope on July 27, 2019, with ex-boyfriend and F1 racer Daniil Kyvat. Penelope lives in Monaco with Piquet and her mom’s boyfriend, F1 racer and three-time world championMax Verstappen.

“Motherhood is an incredible Pandora’s box full of surprises,” Piquet toldVogue Netherlandsin October 2023.

“Every phase is so beautiful and special in itself,” she continued. “I really miss the phases [of] being a newborn, or a tiny toddler, and now she’s so grown up…She’s so smart, creative, happy and funny. She’s amazing.”

Penelope will soon become a big sister as Piquet and Verstappen areexpecting their first childtogether.

From her hobbies to her sweet bond with Max Verstappen, here’s everything to know about Kelly Piquet’s daughter, Penelope.

She was born in July 2019

Kelly Piquet with infant, Penelope.Kelly Piquet / Instagram

Piquet and Kyvat welcomed Penelope on July 27, 2019.

Three days later, Piquet announced the birth onInstagram, writing, “•27/07• The greatest gift on earth 💗 Words can’t describe my love for you Penelope 😭 @danydk1.”

Piquet and Kyvat split a few months after Penelope was born. At the end of 2020, Piquet began dating three-time F1 world champion Verstappen, with whom she has been raising Penelope in Monaco.

When Penelope turned 5 years old in July 2024, Piquet posted onInstagramthat being her mother had “transformed me in every way possible.”

“I became a mama and you made me discover love’s purest form,” she added.

Kelly Piquet and Max Verstappen with Penelope.Kelly Piquet / Instagram

Even Piquet’s boyfriend and his friends call her “P.” During alivestream racing simulator event, Verstappen yelled, “I’m coming, P,” into the other room in the middle of the race.

A few minutes later, Penelope was standing in front of the screen watching the stream when Verstappen pointed to the screen and joked, “You see, P… they’re all idiots.”

One of his opponents responded, “And P, the one you’re hugging is the biggest one.”

Shortly after, Penelope kissed Verstappen on the forehead, and he responded, “So nice of you, P.”

She is a ballerina

Kelly Piquet and her little ballerina.Kelly Piquet / Instagram

Penelope has already developed some hobbies and talents, including ballet. Piquet has referred to her daughter onsocial mediaas her “little ballerina.”

In June 2023, Piquet shared photos and videos onInstagramfrom her daughter’s first ballet presentation. In the post, Penelope was pictured wearing a white tutu, hair flowers and ballet slippers.

“I wouldn’t have missed this for the world 🩰💕🥹,” Piquet wrote.

In December 2021, Piquetposted clipsof Penelope riding a horse with the caption, “P’s first time riding a horse where I also rode for the first time and spent my childhood 🥺💖 #Yeeeehaaaaw.”

She is her mom’s best travel buddy

Kelly Piquet best travel buddy.Kelly Piquet / Instagram

Penelope and her mother have visited numerous destinations together, ranging from Miami and New York City to Sao Paulo and St. Tropez, France.

In January 2024, Piquet posted a photo onInstagramwith her daughter at the airport, writing that she was “already planning my next little adventure with the best travel buddy 🖤.”

In April 2024, they visitedDisneyland Tokyoduring their trip to Japan. Between amusement parks, shopping, museums, boat rides, skiing and zoos, the mother-daughter duo has created many memories across the globe.

“Best few days in the land down under with my mini 🇦🇺🦘 Melbourne I had so much fun!!! And to see it through P’s eyes… First time in Australia and already looking forward to being back again to explore some more ❤️,” she wrote onInstagramin March 2024.

She often makes appearances during Max Verstappen’s races

Verstappen has developed a sweet relationship with his girlfriend’s daughter.

“I’m not the father, that’s not the aim,” Verstappen toldTIMEin November 2023. “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.”

But on real-life race days, Penelope supports him from the stands with her mother. When Verstappen won the Japanese Grand Pix in April 2024, F1 posted a video onInstagramof Penelope in her mother’s arms, waving and cheering for Verstappen.

“Max, yeah! Max, yeah!” Penelope cheered.

She celebrated her 5th birthday with an enchanted garden birthday party

Penelope’s fifth birthday garden party.Kelly Piquet / Instagram

In July 2024, Penelope celebrated her 5th birthday with anenchanted butterfly gardenparty.

Piquet shared a photo onInstagramof Penelope dressed in butterfly wings and wrote that the last five years have made her heart “burst of love.”

Two years earlier, Penelope celebrated her 3rd birthday with a mermaid-themed bash. Piquet shared photos onInstagramin July 2022 of Penelope dressed as a mermaid and having glitter applied to her face. The photos also featured Piquet’s mother, Sylvia Tampsa-Piquet, and Verstappen in attendance.

She is adventurous

Penelope enjoying her “first snow”.Kelly Piquet / Instagram

In March 2023, when Penelope was just 3 years old, she learned to swim on a trip to Bahrain with Piquet and Verstappen. On that same trip, she rode shotgun in a go-kart for the first time, getting a glimpse at the racing world familiar to Verstappen and Piquet, whose father, Nelson, was an F1 driver in the 1980s.

Piquet shared clips from the trip onInstagramwith the caption, “From the most special dinner in the desert, to a fun boat day, to P finally learning how to swim on her own, P’s first time in a go kart, water parks, movies, arcades, and to ending the trip with a fantastic start to the race year.”

In August 2023, Piquet posted a video onInstagramof her and Penelope sea bobbing on Verstappen’s back.

The following year, Penelope enjoyed her “first snow” in photos Piquet posted onInstagramof the little girl dog sledding.

She is going to be a big sister

In December 2024, Piquet and Verstappen announced that Penelope is getting a sibling.

source: people.com