Formula One driver Fernando Alonso has addressed rumours that he’s dating Taylor Swift, following her split from Joe Alwyn.
The Spanish racing driver was asked about the romance reports during a recent interview with Sky Sports.
“It’s been an interesting few weeks for you during this break, I knew you were trouble!” the interviewer said to Alonso, referring to a song on Swift’s Red album.
When asked about his newfound online fame as a result of the dating rumours, the racing star responded: “I’m just focused on Baku and racing.”
Earlier this week, the racing star appeared to be encouraging the rumours.
In a TikTok video, he winked at the camera and looked down at his phone, as a sped-up version of Swift’s song, Karma, played in the background.
He captioned the post: “Race week era,” with a wink emoji in a nod to the 33-year-old’s Eras tour.
Rumours about the pair first sparked this week, when DeuxMoi, a celebrity gossip account, shared a blind item about them.
“A couple of Spanish magazines have been posting about TS and Spanish F1 driver Fernando Alonso,” an anonymous email on the account’s Instagram read.
“According to them, the couple has been seeing each other for a week now. Nothing serious tho since they are both recently single.”
@fernandoalonso Race week era😉 #F1 #F1TikTok #Formula1
♬ karma sped up - ✨️j <3 ✨️
Earlier this month, Alonso shared a joint statement from him and his girlfriend, Andrea Schlager, to announce their split.
“We wanted to tell you that our relationship as a couple ended. We have been lucky enough to share a fantastic time together, and it will continue to be so, but on a different form of affection,” he wrote.
“As you have probably seen, we have continued working on and off track on various projects together also during this time, and we will keep doing so with deep love and respect for each other.”
“They’ve had rough patches before and always worked things out, so friends thought they would take some time apart but eventually come back together,” a source claimed to publication, adding that “ultimately” the two “weren’t the right fit for one another.”
“Joe has struggled with Taylor’s level of fame and the attention from the public," they continued. “The differences in their personalities have also become harder to ignore after years together. They’ve grown apart.”
The Shake It Off singer made a rare comment about Alwyn last October.
“Like my relationship for six years, we’ve had to dodge weird rumours, tabloid stuff, and we just ignore it,” she said in an Instagram video.
