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Daddy cool – Verstappen dismisses “foolish” discuss of slowing down in fatherhood
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Daddy cool – Verstappen dismisses “foolish” discuss of slowing down in fatherhood

Motorsports May 4, 2025
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Max Verstappen stated his pole place for the Miami Grand Prix has “thrown out of the window” any “foolish” strategies changing into a father would sluggish him down.

The reigning world champion skipped media day duties on Thursday as his daughter, Lily, was born, and in his absence there was loads of conjecture as as to if fatherhood would have an effect on his method to racing.

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Nonetheless, Verstappen blew any of these query marks with a shocking third pole place of the season as he beat Lando Norris into second place by 0.065 seconds, recovering from a 10-second time penalty within the dash race that noticed him end seventeenth and final.

“I do not actually pay attention to those form of foolish issues,” he replied when requested by Motorsport.com within the post-qualifying press convention. “I simply do my factor.

Max Verstappen, Purple Bull Racing

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“I believe there are sufficient racing drivers prior to now which were world champion even after having youngsters, you understand. So truthfully, I do not even know the place that comes from.”

A kind of earlier world champions to win an F1 title as a father is Nelson Piquet, grandfather of Verstappen’s daughter Lily.

Verstappen has been in contact along with his new child and her mom, Kelly Piquet, as he adjusts to life on the highway as a father.

“It has been good to have the ability to spend a couple of days at house earlier than coming right here,” he added. “You understand, when she’s simply born, you wish to be certain every part is okay.

“Clearly, it did not make me slower as properly, being a dad. In order that’s a constructive. We will throw that out of the window as properly, for individuals mentioning it. And yeah, after I was right here, truthfully, simply fairly fluent.

“Anyway, I am in touch quite a bit with my girlfriend anyway, all through the day. You understand, getting footage and FaceTime a bit right here and there. It is at all times there, you understand. However now, yet another member within the household.”

Images from Miami GP – Dash and Qualifying 

 

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