Toto Wolff, Christian Horner, Maurizio Arrivabene and Franz Tost are a few examples of the big bosses in F1 – drivers have to report to and obey their team principals’ orders at all times. However, with most drivers falling into the twenty and thirty-something age bracket, these chaps are most likely more concerned about obeying and pleasing their significant others – their real bosses! I know – F1 news is hard to come by in the off-season, so we’re kinda scraping the barrel here!
Here are a few of the lucky ladies to whom some of the world’s best (and richest) drivers report to:
Minttu Raikkonen
F1’s iciest character has been married twice over the course of his career – first to Jenni Dahlman, a former model who also hails from Finland from 2004 to 2014, and then to Minttu Virtanen, a former flight attendant since 2016. Kimi has since had two children with Minttu, and they reside together in Finland (naturally).
Hanna Prater
4-time world champion Sebastian Vettel has always led a reserved, very private lifestyle since his career took off over a decade ago. Unlike many other drivers who’ve embraced the millionaire-playboy lifestyle, Seb has stuck with his high-school sweetheart through thick and thin (though judging by how much he flirts with the female TV presenters, it seems Hanna doesn’t tune into the races too often).
Louise Gjorup
K-Mag’s F1 career started with a bang in 2014, claiming a second-place finish in his very first race, though he hasn’t managed to climb onto the podium in his 3 full years in F1 since. He may have hopped between 2 or 3 teams since his career began, but he’s stuck by his girlfriend Louise for years, and it’s not hard to see why!
Marion Jolles
Romain Grosjean may not be able to boast the most illustrious career (at least so far), but since his full-time F1 career started, he’s been boasting one of the loveliest wives in the F1 paddock. Marion Jolles is a French journalist and TV presenter who has been married to Romain since 2012. She’s a bit of a cougar too – Romain is 5 years her junior. Nice one Romain!
Kelly Piquet
Daniil Kvyat has had one of the oddest Formula 1 careers out of the current crop of drivers. After being promoted to Red Bull for 2015 only to be booted out of both Red Bull and his original team Toro Rosso by the end of 2017, not much has gone the 23-year-old Russian’s way. He can at least take comfort in the fact that he’s dating Kelly Piquet (at least until she demotes him), daughter of 3-time World Champion Nelson Piquet. Not bad, Daniil!