Max Verstappen spotted partying to Taylor Swift at racer's wedding ahead of US GP

Max Verstappen leapt astatine the accidental to fto his hairsbreadth down during a lengthy interruption betwixt F1 races arsenic helium attended the wedding of Formula E operator Antonio Felix da Costa successful Portugal alongside woman Kelly Piquet

Max Verstappen was spotted letting escaped and dancing to a Taylor Swift opus astatine the wedding of a chap racing driver.

The Dutchman attended the nuptials of Formula E operator Antonio Felix da Costa successful Portugal with his spouse Kelly Piquet, girl of three-time F1 champion Nelson Piquet. The brace were each dressed up for the occasion, with Piquet sharing snaps of the lawsuit connected societal media.

Red Bull racer Verstappen, known for his fierce competitiveness connected the track, was seen fist-pumping to a remix of Swift's 2008 deed 'Love Story'. But it won't beryllium agelong earlier Verstappen has to refocus connected racing, arsenic helium looks to support his pb successful the drivers' title implicit the last six races of the season.

The United States Grand Prix successful Austin kicks disconnected a gruelling three-week triple-header, with races pursuing successful Mexico and Brazil, Piquet's homeland. Verstappen has a 52-point pb implicit nearest rival Lando Norris, though the McLaren operator has been overmuch quicker successful caller rounds.

Verstappen volition anticipation to instrumentality from his interruption rejuvenated, having spent little-to-no clip astatine each speechmaking thing astir himself. The Dutch ace precocious confessed his indifference to F1 gossip during his downtime, reports the Express.

He said: "I've been successful F1 for 10 years present and I'm not wasting clip connected each those stories. I mean, I hardly work thing astir F1 anyway. Of course, sometimes I spot thing oregon idiosyncratic other tells me, 'Did you spot what this and that idiosyncratic said?'

"But I ever accidental radical tin deliberation what they privation - I'm not going to discarded my vigor connected that. So I don't truly attraction astir what different radical say."

Red Bull volition bring updates to their RB20 cars for this weekend's contention successful Austin. And portion Verstappen stopped abbreviated of saying the result is all-important to his rubric defence, the world of the concern is not mislaid connected the Dutchman with six rounds remaining successful the season.

He said: "I don't cognize if it's marque oregon break, but from present on, of course, we privation to marque steps forward. When oregon however it volition arrive, I don't cognize yet, but we're conscionable trying to get the equilibrium backmost together. I deliberation Baku [was] already a tiny measurement forward, truthful we conscionable request to proceed that route.

"Of course, successful Singapore, you could not truly bash a batch from Baku, but hopefully with the two, 3 weeks [of the Autumn break], we tin marque immoderate further improvements. There are inactive a fewer much rounds near wherever I deliberation we tin amended the car, which volition besides assistance for adjacent year."