Taylor Swift and two-time F1 world champion Fernando Alonso are rumored to be dating and the internet is loving it.
Formula 1 is known for having a lot of rumors swirling around it, ranging from what drivers will go to what teams, staff shifts and of course the classic dating rumors. I typically don’t like to get involved in the dating rumors since drivers are allowed to have their own private and personal lives they don’t have to share with fans, but I am absolutely living for this rumor.
Fernando Alonso recently confirmed his break up with his long-term girlfriend of two years Andrea Schlager. Taylor Swift and her long-term boyfriend Joe Alwyn of six years also recently broke up, but that news is yet to be confirmed. The only confirmation of the Taylor and Joe breakup is that Ryan Reynolds (a very close friend of Taylor Swift) recently unfollowed Joe on social media and fans are suspecting that the rumor is true.
One reason people are believing this rumor could be true is because the infamous gossip account about celebrities @deuxmoi on Instagram posted the rumor below.
Of course, this has caused a stir in the F1 community. F1 drivers are known for having model girlfriends that are not super big or just people they have met from home. This rumor of Alonso dating Swift, a name that is arguably much bigger than his, has drawn eyes to the F1 paddock. Neither of Swift or Alonso’s teams have a made a comment on the rumors denying or confirming them.
If either of Swift or Alonso’s PR teams would deny this and have their clients put out a statement to deny this rumor, it would simply go away. But both of these celebrities are getting fantastic publicity out of this rumor. Multiple articles have been posted, F1 fans and Swifties are looking up their potential favorite’s love interest and trying to figure out who they are, worlds are colliding. I think that neither team should deny this rumor but actually play into it. Alonso has recently gained a TikTok following and in all honesty they are very entertaining, especially coming from a 42 year old F1 driver. I think Alonso’s team should create a TikTok and post it to a song by Swift. The amount of media buzz this would create would be is immense, and even if the rumor is not true (I’m secretly hoping it is) Alonso can easily walk away from the situation unscathed since he was simply posting with a song.