Becoming a father for the first time may increase 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen’s commitment to Formula 1, it is claimed.

Verstappen and his partner Kelly Piquet welcomed their daughter Lily just days before the F1 Miami Grand Prix.

Verstappen and Nico Hulkenberg are now th🎃e only fathers among the 💛F1 drivers.

The impact 💙of becoming a dad, and the responsibility, has prompted various theories about how it might affect Verstappen’s driving.

“I was speaking to🦩 Mario Andretti, talking about the safety improvements in F☂1 over the past 75 years,” F1 Nation podcast host Tom Clarkson explained.

“How did he justify getting into cars in the 6🍌0s when eight drivers l🍸ost their lives in one season?

“Arrogance, he said, ‘you think i💟t will never happen to you’.

“I said: ‘When you had🐓 children did it become an issu🐷e?’

“He🌟 🥀laughed and said: ‘No, it probably should have done!’

“That’s a different mentality.

“But I think having children gives you a reason to do things. You want to make your children pr𒀰oud.

“Max, if it’s even possible, I could see it i𝓡ncreasing his focus and dedication to Formula 1.”

'Hunter' Max Verstappen waiting for Barcelona re-set

L’Equipe journalist Fred Ferret replied: “I would say Max is in a position of the hunter, like 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris was.

“If things change in Barcelona with the new front wing, h🐷e will have minimised the points lost befo🦂re the re-set of the season.”

Red Bull driver Verstappen immediately went third-fastest in Friday practice in Miami, having missed Thursday’s media commitments due to the bir𒊎th of his daughter.

He then promptly cl💟aimed pole position f🐽or the grand prix on Saturday.

But Verstappen couldn’t convert pole position, as he was out-foxed by McLaren’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri who claimed victory.

Piastri now leads the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 standings after three grands prix wins in 💛a row. He is nine points clea෴r of teammate Norris.

Verᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚstappen is 32 points behind leader Piastri but will hope that the FIA technical directive, set to be introduced in Spain, surrounding wing flexibility could shake up the order.

He must first battle through the F1🅘 Emil♛ia-Romagna Grand Prix and F1 Monaco Grand Prix before discovering his car’s pace under the new directive in Barcelona.