Looks Like Shakira's a Formula 1 Girl Now

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Over the weekend, Shakira was spotted at the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona. Normally, this wouldn’t be a big deal, since apparently everyone is into F1 now, but given mounting photographic evidence, we are wondering, Is this fandom, or is it flirting? Shakira has now been seen multiple times with F1 driver Lewis Hamilton, prompting tabloid speculation that the two could be dating.

The first sighting came a few weeks ago, when the singer — who separated from her ex (Spanish former soccer player Gerard Piqué) last year, as you may remember from her A+ breakup song — attended the Miami Grand Prix, where Hamilton was racing. There, she was seen chatting it up with Tom Cruise, which may actually have amounted to her “begging” him to stop hitting on her. Days later, she was hanging out with Hamilton on a boat. And after watching Sunday’s race in Barcelona, she and Hamilton had dinner with friends — including singers Daniel Caesar and Mustafa. In a photo from the outing, posted to Mustafa’s Instagram and published by “Page Six,” Hamilton has his arm wrapped around Shakira’s waist.

That could absolutely be platonic, but as fans have since noted on Twitter, Hamilton himself said in an interview over the weekend, “I need to find myself a Latina.” His teammate then added that Hamilton has “been single for far too long now.” Interesting! Have I seen a single F1 race before? No, but now that Shakira’s into it, I am too.