Christian Horner, the director of Red Bull, is not worried about Max Verstappen, who will become a father this year, after he and his partner Kelly Piquet announced they were expecting a child. The Briton is convinced that his driver will make a very good father.
“He obviously has brothers and sisters younger than him, and he also has a stepdaughter. When you see him around children, he is very natural, even with my children. I think fatherhood will come very well to him. naturally” assure Horner.
Verstappen has often shown a busy life between his racing career and his many road races with his team Team Redline. Horner expects Dutchman to no longer want “having sleepless nights”but also knows that Verstappen is an absolute racing enthusiast.
“That's just who he is. What you see is what you get with Max. There are no sides to him. He's just a very nice young man, who is now going to be a father “He has a big heart, a huge passion for this sport and he drives with passion and conviction, coupled with a sublime amount of talent, that's what defines Max Verstappen.”
Jos Verstappen, Max's father, is happy to become a grandfather once again, and he thinks his son will have great paternal instincts: “First of all, I'm going to be a grandfather for the fourth time. My daughter Victoria already has three children.”
“I'm very happy, of course, and I hope everything goes well. It's a good adjustment. I was 26 when I first became a father with him, he's now 27. He There are parallels.”
Max Verstappen's mentor, Helmut Marko accepted the idea of being linked to this child according to Jos: “He accepted the idea of becoming a sort of great-grandfather with good will. We talked about it at length during the last race in Abu Dhabi.”
“But there has been no talk of a future at Red Bull (laughs). We first have to see if it will be a boy or a girl.”
