Formula One driver Carlos Sainz is rumored to be the love doctor behind speculation that Lewis Hamilton and Shakira are in the early stages of dating, as the Colombian singer and British star spend more and more time together over the summer.
After a series of public outings, including a boat trip in Miami and dining together with friends in Barcelona, it’s been revealed that both parties are keeping things ‘fun and flirty’ for now.
Shakira announced her separation from soccer star Gerard Pique in June 2022 after spending 11 years together, and is believed to be taking her time before seriously committing herself to a relationship once again.
Hamilton, on the other hand, has been linked to a number of famous women, such as Rita Ora, and Nicki Minaj, since calling it quits with longtime girlfriend and US pop artist Nicole Scherzinger after seven years together.
Now, Spanish sports journalist Pip Estrada is claiming that Sainz, who’s close friends with Hamilton, set up his F1 associate with the ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ singer.
Lewis Hamilton puts his arm around Shakira when they dined with friends in Barcelona in June
Shakira enjoyed a relaxing trip with a boatload of pals including Hamilton in Miami, also in June
Spain’s Carlos Sainz is said to be the love doctor behind the possibly latest new power couple
‘Are they friends or is this a story of Instagram I follow you and invite you to dinner?’, asked Emma Garcia, who’s the host of Fiesta — a talk show on TV in Spain — via Marca.
‘It is because of friends in common,’ replied Pipi, who’s actual full name is Jose Manuel Estrada. ‘She knows that Hamilton likes her music and, all of a sudden, she gets the bug to know about Formula 1 and that’s how they got together.
‘There is a key thing in this relationship,’ he added. ‘Carlos Sainz knows Shakira and Carlos Sainz has a very good relationship with Hamilton. That’s where they’ve come together. That’s where this relationship is born, with Carlos Sainz.’
Shakira, 46, was also linked with dating Tom Cruise, 60, but it’s been said that the former World Cup singer rejected his advances to potentially take things further beyond the boundaries of friendship.
Cruise, who’s also close friends with Hamilton, 38, was at the Miami Grand Prix with Shakira, and is said to have thought that he and the ‘Whenever, Wherever’ singer ‘had incredible chemistry and taking it as a slam dunk they’d be dating in no time’.
Shakira previously ‘ruled out’ dating Hollywood actor Tom Cruise. Pictured at the Miami GP
Shakira’s been spending time in the US lately. Pictured at a NBA Finals game in Miami on June 7
But now, the action film star is said to have had his ‘pride dented’ after Shakira let him know that she’s more interested in his ‘buddy’, Lewis, than she is in him.
‘It was a huge dent to Tom’s ego, it stung all the more because he considers Lewis a buddy,’ a source told Radar Online.
Mail Sport’s contacted Shakira and Hamilton’s representatives for comment.
A day after appearing with Cruise at the Miami Grand Prix, ‘Shak’ received Billboard’s first Woman of the Year award at the Latin Women in Music gala.
In her acceptance speech, the singer, who’s real name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, opened up on her takeaways from her split with Pique, her former partner.
Shakira split from her longtime partner, Gerard Pique, in June 2022, after 11 years together
‘This has been a year of seismic change in my life where I’ve felt more than ever — and very personally — what it is to be a woman,’ she told the crowd after collecting her award.
‘It’s been a year where I’ve realized we women are stronger than we think, braver than we believed, more independent than we were taught to be,’ Shakira continued.
‘Because what woman hasn’t at some time in her life forgotten herself because she’s seeking the attention and love of someone else?
‘It happened to me, more than once.’
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