MAX VERSTAPPEN was presented with the prize for pole position at the Monaco Grand Prix by Maria Sharapova.
The Dutch driver will start tomorrow's race at the front of the grid.
He pipped Fernando Alonso by just 0.084sec – despite clipping a wall on his flying lap.
And two-time F1 world champ Verstappen received his trophy tyre from none other than the former Wimbledon champion.
Sharapova, previously dubbed the world's sexiest tennis player and the four-time hottest athlete, is now sporting a fresh new look with brunette hair rather than her iconic blonde locks.
And the glamorous Russian opted for a long yellow outfit which revealed she was not wearing a bra on the stage in Monte Carlo.
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Sharapova, 36, has proven she is still a star attraction despite retiring from tennis in 2020 and is now a mum to baby Theodore.
The Florida-based former athlete has become a successful businesswoman since ending her playing career three years ago – and was at the recent F1 Accelerate Summit in Miami.
She was one of the best players of her generation, winning Wimbledon aged just 17 in 2004.
She is one of just ten women ever to lift all four Grand Slams – completing her set at the 2012 French Open which she won again in 2014.
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Sharapova's on-court performances saw her earn £31million in prize money.
But it was off the court she raked in the money with a further reported £231m in sponsorship and modelling deals with the likes of Nike, Evian, Porsche and TAG Heuer.
In fact, Sharapova was the highest-paid female athlete in the world across all sports between 2006 and 2016.
However, despite being one of the greatest female players of her generation, her legacy was tainted in 2016 as she received a 15-month ban for failing a drugs test with meldonium in her system.
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