MAX VERSTAPPEN was offered with the prize for pole place on the Monaco Grand Prix by Maria Sharapova.
The Dutch driver will begin tomorrow’s race on the entrance of the grid.
Maria Sharapova offered Max Verstappen along with his pole place tyreCredit score: Getty
The Russian tennis ace opted for a yellow outfitCredit score: Getty
The pair shared a joke on the platformCredit score: Getty
He pipped Fernando Alonso by simply 0.084sec – regardless of clipping a wall on his flying lap.
And two-time F1 world champ Verstappen acquired his trophy tyre from none apart from the previous Wimbledon champion.
Sharapova, beforehand dubbed the world’s sexiest tennis participant and the four-time hottest athlete, is now sporting a contemporary new look with brunette hair fairly than her iconic blonde locks.
And the glamorous Russian opted for a protracted yellow outfit which revealed she was not carrying a bra on the stage in Monte Carlo.
Sharapova, 36, has confirmed she continues to be a star attraction regardless of retiring from tennis in 2020 and is now a mum to child Theodore.
The Florida-based former athlete has grow to be a profitable businesswoman since ending her enjoying profession three years in the past – and was on the latest F1 Speed up Summit in Miami.
She was probably the greatest gamers of her era, successful Wimbledon aged simply 17 in 2004.
She is one among simply ten ladies ever to raise all 4 Grand Slams – finishing her set on the 2012 French Open which she gained once more in 2014.
Sharapova’s on-court performances noticed her earn £31million in prize cash.
But it surely was off the court docket she raked within the cash with an additional reported £231m in sponsorship and modelling offers with the likes of Nike, Evian, Porsche and TAG Heuer.
The truth is, Sharapova was the highest-paid feminine athlete on the planet throughout all sports activities between 2006 and 2016.
Nonetheless, regardless of being one of many biggest feminine gamers of her era, her legacy was tainted in 2016 as she acquired a 15-month ban for failing a medication take a look at with meldonium in her system.
Verstappen pipped Fernando Alonso to the entrance of the gridCredit score: EPA
Sharapova retired in 2020 however is having fun with life in enterprise and as a mumCredit score: Getty Photographs – Getty