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A look at Lewis Hamilton’s most buzzed-about relationships: Kim Kardashian, Nicole Scherzinger, and Rihanna
Kim Kardashian Reveals Her Dating Concerns While Studying for the Bar Exam and Jumps on a Plane to Paris with Lewis Hamilton
Kim Kardashian has kept a low profile on the dating front during her preparation for the California bar exam as well as focusing on her kids. On SiriusXM’s Radio Andy this past October, the star of the Kardashians explained, “I just haven’t really been open to it at all while I was studying for the bar and basically, at a time when I felt that I couldn’t really leave my kids even for a moment.” She and ex-husband Kanye West are parents to North, 12; Saint, 10; Chicago, 8; and Psalm, 6.
Kim confessed, in spite of her concentration, in a November episode of The Kardashians, “I’m the biggest romantic fool. If it’s the right person, I’ll be so ready that everything will be OK.”
Not long ago, she said “oui” to the romantic trip to Paris with British racing driver Lewis Hamilton. The two starlets got on a private jet from England on February 2 and the news of their possible romance buzzed the air.
Lewis Hamilton’s High-Speed Dating History: From Nicole Scherzinger to Rihanna and Kim Kardashian
Following a nine-month relationship with Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson, Kim Kardashian, who was recently linked to retired NFL player Odell Beckham Jr., has not publicly commented on the rumors of her new relationship. Instead, she has been posting photos from her luxurious trip to Paris.
However, she is not the only one who has attracted the attention of Lewis Hamilton, 41, a seven-time Formula 1 world champion who is currently driving for Ferrari. The two lived together for eight years. Hamilton and Nicole Scherzinger split, and since then, the world champion has been spotted at major events like the Cannes Film Festival, Paris Fashion Week, Monte Carlo, and Greece with famous people such as Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Gigi Hadid, and Sofia Richie Grainge.
Some Hamilton dating rumors he has denied—for example, he said that him and Kardashian’s sister Kendall Jenner have always been “just friends”—but one thing is for sure, he has led a very fast-paced love life.
Hold tight as we review the racer’s remarkable romantic history.
Danielle Lloyd
Celebrity Big Brother star Danielle Lloyd and Lewis Hamilton had a short fling after hitting it off at a London nightclub in the early 2000s. “We were both out with friends, but there was a bit of a spark and we swapped numbers,” Lloyd said to the Daily Mail in 2007.
However, the difference in cities, London and Liverpool, was the reason for the breakup of the two teenagers, who at that time felt the moment was just right for one another. Hamilton was the only one allowed backstage when Lloyd was announced Miss England in 2004. She, however, went on to say, “He’s a special person, but there’s no more romance.”
Jodia Ma
Lewis Hamilton was in a relationship with Jodia Ma, who was his schoolmate at England’s Cambridge School of Arts, long before he made it into the limelight of Formula 1. The couple had been dating for four years when they broke up in 2007.
“We are still very good friends and we still get in touch with each other,” Ma said to the Daily Mail following the split. “Lewis is such a kind and caring person.”
Their breakup came as a result of their personal career ambitions as Hamilton was about to start his first year in F1. “There was no issue between us that caused the breakup,” Ma told Sun, “it was simply that we both wanted to focus on our separate careers.”
Nicole Scherzinger
Lewis Hamilton and Pussycat Dolls lead singer Nicole Scherzinger were a high-profile couple whom the media widely reported on for a long time between 2007 and 2015. They got to know each other at the MTV Europe Music Awards in November 2007 and till subsequently, after eight years of being together, they were still not married.
“I am definitely the one who is being strongly urged by people around me, especially family,” Hamilton told E! News in December 2014. “But Nicole is very much into her career just like me. We are content with our life the way it is.”
Nonetheless, the romance fizzle out eventually. After their last split, Scherzinger told The Sun, “I am really sad that our relationship hasn’t worked. It was really the most difficult thing we had to do but we made the decision together.”
Gigi Hadid
Back in the days when Bradley Cooper was not yet the love of her life, Gigi Hadid had a thing for Lewis Hamilton. The supermodel and the Formula 1 star met each other at the amfAR gala held in May 2015, after which Gigi brought the whole gang of her closest friends—her sister Bella Hadid, Kendall Jenner, and Hailey Bieber—to cheer Hamilton at the Formula 1 World Championship in France.
“We love you @Lewishamilton,” she penned down at the time on Instagram. “Everybody knows you’re the champ. #TEAMLH.”
Even though their love affair was quite short, they still joined forces on a professional level and got featured in a Tommy Hilfiger campaign together in 2018.
Kendall Jenner
Following reports that Lewis Hamilton and Kendall Jenner were romantically involved, the racer has been firm in denying that they ever dated and said it was just friendship between them.
“Kendall and I have been friends for quite some time,” Hamilton said to E! News in September 2015, before New York Fashion Week. “So we’re just friends.”
Hamilton, additionally, complimented Jenner career-wise saying, “She’s doing amazing. She’s very focused, very level-headed, and for such a young woman, she is very mature.”
Rihanna
After his relationship with Nicole Scherzinger, which was a bit on and off, Lewis Hamilton was seen with Rihanna at the carnival celebrations in Barbados, where Rihanna is from, in August 2015. Soon after, the two of them had a yacht trip through the Caribbean.
A source told E! News at the time, “She is pretty cautious about it and is really just enjoying herself, but she is attracted to who he is and what he stands for.”
When he was asked whether he was dating Rihanna at the MTV VMAs of the same month, Hamilton answered: “I have known Ri for quite a while. We have been friends for some time. We do get to see each other from time to time.”
Barbara Palvin
Lewis Hamilton had a short relationship with the model Barbara Palvin, as the two were pictured at the Paris Fashion Week in March 2016. In May, they also attended the Cannes Film Festival’s amfAR gala where they were spotted sitting next to each other.
Palvin was cheering on Hamilton when she was spotted at the F1 Grand Prix in her home country, Hungary the next summer. Nevertheless, in 2017, she was already enjoying the suite life with her then-boyfriend and now husband, Dylan Sprouse.
Winnie Harlow
In late 2016, after Lewis Hamilton and model Winnie Harlow attended the GQ Men of the Year Awards together, they were reported as a couple, but he stated that he still was in a long-term relationship then.
“I’ve been in a long-term, 8 years relationship,” Hamilton said at The Ellen DeGeneres Show in October 2016. “So, I am focused on my racing and trying to win the championship this year.”
Anyway, Harlow was often pictured as Hamilton’s supporter at different events like the 2017 amfAR gala where she was his date, at the Monaco Grand Prix where they were spotted together, and taking holidays to Monte Carlo and Greece. Moreover, almost a year after they took a photo at the 2018 CFDA Fashion Awards in New York City, she was also seen at the race in Monaco.
Sofia Richie Grainge
During Paris Fashion Week in January 2017, Lewis Hamilton and Sofia Richie Grainge wore fashionable looks and were spotted flirting At a Paris fashion week Balmain show, they shared a stylish moment. Then, they were seen multiple times Los Angeles throwing parties.
According to a source, the two were “not officially a couple,” however, “they liked spending time together.” At the end of the year, Richie Grainge, currently married to music executive Elliot Grainge, went out with Scott Disick publicly.
Nicki Minaj
There was a time when Nicki Minaj and Lewis Hamilton went to the 2016 Alexander Wang runway show, and long after that, they were rumored to be in a romantic relationship. They were spotted arriving together at the TommyXLewis launch party in New York City in September 2018 and were also seen sharing an ATV ride in the deserts of Dubai afterwards.
Minaj posted a selfie on Instagram, now deleted, with a caption that read, “Caribbean tingz what I on. Me & Lewis gettin paper like what ink dry on,” thus suggesting that they had a very intimate relationship.
Kim Kardashian and Lewis Hamilton Spark Romance Rumors with Paris Getaway
Lewis Hamilton and Kim Kardashian caused a viral speculation of a possible relationship when they got on a private jet from England to Paris in February 2026. Kardashian has not officially confirmed that they are together. However, she did insinuate romance during her Paris sojourn, posting on Instagram, “Bridgerton season 4 and Hotel Coste Cheesecake.”
