While Nelson Piquet Faces Possible Jail Time for $3,200,000 Crimes, Kelly Relaxes in the Island of Beauty With Max Verstappen

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Anirban Aly Mandal

Aug 13, 2023 | 4:03 PM EDT

While Nelson Piquet Faces Possible Jail Time for $3,200,000 Crimes, Kelly Relaxes in the Island of Beauty With Max Verstappen

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Anirban Aly Mandal

Aug 13, 2023 | 4:03 PM EDT

Nelson Piquet was a stellar race car driver and there’s no doubt about that. A testament to this fact is that he is a 3x Formula 1 World Champion. That being said, though, in reality, he’s been giving us more fireworks off the track than he did when he was on it! Controversy and the Piquet family go hand-in-hand. And trust the patriarch of the family to be the highest-grossing when it comes to this game.

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According to reports coming out of his home country of Brazil, Piquet has been caught red-handed in a case of jewelry robbery! What’s more, the apparent haul is worth a whopping $3,200,000. Needless to say, if prosecuted, which he most definitely will be, the 70-year-old will be spending a lot of days behind bars.

Leaving her father, Kelly Piquet enjoys a retreat

You’d expect there to be some sort of urgency and panic in the Piquet household. Well, the truth is quite the opposite. 2x champion, Max Verstappen‘s GF and daughter to Nelson Piquet, Kelly Piquet is in the mood for a holiday with her beau.

The Brazilian model took to her Instagram stories earlier today to share a snap from her escapades. Dubbed the ‘Isle of Beauty’, Corsica is the choice of retreat for Piquet as her father faces a possible long-term prison sentence.

There seems to be a deeper reason here at play than just simple abandonment.

Kelly Piquet is a staunch supporter of Piquet Sr.

You’d expect Kelly Piquet to ensure that her father stays in line. That becomes ever more important for the family given that now they are firmly in the spotlight as Verstappen embarks on a journey towards F1 immortality.

But an incident from the past seems to show what Kelly Piquet’s mindset is really like. According to The New York Post, in 2022, “Max Verstappen’s girlfriend, Kelly Piquet, liked a social media post defending her father, Nelson, after a racist slur against Lewis Hamilton.”

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Anirban Aly Mandal is a senior F1 writer at EssentiallySports, with over 1000 articles published on the platform. Anirban's love for F1 started when he discovered a copy of F1 2014 while playing on his computer, and he has since then dived deep into the world of motorsports. Anirban's expertise goes beyond just writing - he has also written several academic papers focused on the domain of motorsports. His passion for the sport is so immense that he aspires to work as a legal advisor in the most prestigious racing series in the world someday. When it comes to F1, Anirban finds great pleasure in re-watching classic races and idolizes the likes of Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell, and Sebastian Vettel. His top picks include Brazil '91, Silverstone '92, and Germany '19. Outside of the sport, Anirban is an avid sim-racer, often found racing on titles like Assetto Corsa, F1 22, and Automobilista. He's also a fan of the PES series and other sporting and non-sporting games. Apart from his interests in gaming, Anirban has a keen interest in philosophy, literature, music, and Anglo-Saxon history.

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