Kelly Piquet opened up about personal changes in a candid Instagram post that also featured a beauty brand partnership.

Ricciardo had the No. 3 when Verstappen joined the F1 grid with Toro Rossi in 2015, so the Dutchman went with No. 33. The two were also teammates with Red Bull from 2016-18. Verstappen won his first world title in 2021 and accepted the traditional honor of driving with the No. 1.

Next year’s F1 championship will be Max Verstappen’s first at Red Bull without Helmut Marko’s advice, but the four-time World Champ need not worry as the 82-year-old says he will “of course” be his “phone a friend joker”.

Verstappen joins Lewis Hamilton, who signed an exclusive collectibles deal with Fanatics earlier this year. Though Hamilton was the first F1 driver to have a card of his sell for over $1 million in 2024, Verstappen’s record card sale was in 2022 when his one-of-a-kind 2020 Topps Chrome F1 autographed Superfractor sold for $534,000.

Max Verstappen has officially entered a new era of his off-track career with the signing of a multi-year global partnership positioning him as one of the more c

“My favorite number has always been 3, apart from #1,” Verstappen said in an interview with Viaplay. “We can now swap, so it’ll be #3. #33 was always fine, but I just like one 3 better than two. I always said it represented double luck, but I’ve already had my luck in Formula 1.”

Even rivals feel it. Max Verstappen opens up on Lewis Hamilton’s tough Ferrari season and why it’s painful to watch one of F1’s greats struggle.

Max Verstappen will race with the No. 3 formerly belonging to Daniel Ricciardo in 2026, a deviation from his old career racing number of 33.