DID KELLY PIQUET GET TOGETHER WITH MAX VERSTAPPEN WHEN HE WAS A MINOR?
Executive summary
Public reporting consistently shows that Kelly Piquet and Max Verstappen met years before they became a couple but did not begin a romantic relationship until 2020; therefore, available sources do not support the claim that they “got together” while Verstappen was a minor (meeting accounts date to 2016; the relationship is repeatedly dated to 2020) [1] [2] [3].
1. How and when they first crossed paths
Multiple profiles and timelines say Piquet and Verstappen were introduced at a dinner in Monaco in 2016, describing an early connection that did not immediately turn into a relationship because of circumstances at the time [1] [4] [5].
2. When reporting places the start of the romance
Every examined mainstream timeline places the start of an actual dating relationship in 2020, with outlets noting the pair made their relationship public around late 2020 or early 2021 and that the couple formally announced milestones — social posts and later family news — after that point [2] [3] [6] [7].
3. Why the “met earlier but dated later” detail matters to the question
The distinction between first meeting and beginning to date is central: sources uniformly separate the 2016 introduction from the 2020 start of the romance, and several explain intervening relationships and life events (notably Piquet’s relationship with Daniil Kvyat that produced a child in 2019) that explain the delay between meeting and dating [4] [8] [9].
4. The controversy and claims about ages — what reporting actually shows
Some pieces frame the timeline as “controversial” because of the age gap and the early meeting, but the factual backbone most outlets present is that the couple’s public relationship began in 2020; those same stories note that they met earlier yet did not pursue a relationship then [10] [11]. Reporting that emphasizes meeting in 2016 does not, on its own, establish that a romantic relationship existed at that time [1] [5].
5. Limitations in the contemporary reporting and what cannot be concluded
None of the provided sources supply an authoritative contemporaneous statement proving a romantic relationship existed prior to 2020, and the pieces documenting their meeting and later courtship are retrospective summaries rather than primary evidence of any earlier dating; consequently, it is not possible from these sources to assert any romantic involvement earlier than the repeated 2020 start date cited across outlets [1] [2] [3].
6. Bottom line — did Piquet “get together” with Verstappen when he was a minor?
Based on the reporting given, no credible outlet documents that they began dating while Verstappen was a minor; the documented timeline shows a 2016 meeting and the beginning of a relationship in 2020, and publications repeatedly treat 2020 as the start of their romance [1] [2] [3]. Because the supplied sources do not provide contemporaneous evidence to the contrary, the claim that they “got together” while Verstappen was a minor is not supported by the available reporting [1] [7].