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Discover the women in the lives of Formula 1 drivers

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2023-06-21 10:20:10

Discover the women in the lives of Formula 1 drivers, in addition to their presence on Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

Isabel Hernaez

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Isabel Hernaez works as a press agent for Scalpers Company and Victoria Collection. She has been dating Scuderia driver Carlos Sainz since 2017.

Carlos Sainz

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Spain's Carlos Sainz is the son of two-time world rally champion Carlos Sainz. He joined the F1 circus in 2015. Since 2021, he has been a Ferrari driver. He has one career win, at Silverstone (England) with the Scuderia.

Carmen Montero Mundt

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Carmen Montero Mundt was born in Spain, but grew up in England. A broker, she met her lover, racing driver George Russell, through mutual friends in 2020. She regularly accompanies the Mercedes driver in the paddocks.

George Russell

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English driver George Russell is in his second season with Mercedes, alongside Lewis Hamilton. It was with this team that he took his first victory, in Brazil, in 2022.

Egle Ruskyte

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Egle Ruskyte is a Lithuanian stylist and model. She met her future husband Nico Hulkenberg in 2015. The Haas driver proposed to Ruskyte in Venice in 2020 before getting married in 2021. The young woman currently runs a crocheted clothing and handmade beachwear business.

Nico Hülkenberg

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German driver Nico Hülkenberg has been racing in F1 since 2010. He joined the Haas team this year. He's still looking for his first win and podium. However, he has already secured a pole position.

Elena Berri

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Elena Berri has been sharing her life with driver Esteban Ocon since 2018. This Italian native of Turin is a model. The couple have been dating since 2017.

Esteban Ocon

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French driver Esteban Ocon continues his career with Alpine. He won one Grand Prix, in Hungary, in 2021.

Eva Bruggenwirth

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Eva Bruggenwirth hails from the Netherlands. The young woman is a content creator for social networks at Anna and Nina, a famous fashion brand based in Amsterdam. She has also owned Guapalana since 2021 - a homemade mohair knitwear company, creating products alongside her mother. She has shared her life with Nyck de Vries since 2020.

Nyck de Vries

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Nyck de Vries is also a native of the Netherlands. He made his F1 debut in a race last year with Williams. This year, he's the starting driver for AlphaTauri. After numerous successes in the lower classes, he is still waiting for his first success in Formula 1.

Francisca (Kika) Cerqueira Gomes

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Portuguese model Francisca (Kika) Cerqueira Gomes is in a relationship with French racing driver Pierre Gasly. The lovers reportedly met in a Porto nightclub in 2022.

Pierre Gasly

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Frenchman Pierre Gasly has joined the French Alpine team in 2023. An F1 driver since 2017, he has three podium finishes to his name, winning the Monza Grand Prix in 2020 at the wheel of an AlphaTauri-Honda.

Heidi Berger

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Heidi Berger is the daughter of Gerhard Berger, an Austrian Formula 1 driver who raced for 14 seasons. She is a student at New York University. She and Daniel Ricciardo began dating in 2019.

Daniel Ricciardo

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Australia's Daniel Ricciardo has had a long career in F1. He took part in 232 races, before joining the Red Bull Racing team as a test driver. Over the years, he has won eight Grand Prix, including Monaco.

Kelly Piquet

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Kelly Piquet is the daughter of the great F1 driver Nelson Piquet. After studying international relations, the beauty became a model. Born in Germany, she moved to Brazil at the age of 12. She is currently dating Max Verstappen.

Max Verstappen

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Two-time world champion Max Verstappen from the Netherlands was the youngest driver in history to start a Grand Prix (17 years and 166 days). He's on course for another title this year.

Lily Muni

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Lily Muni is a professional golfer on the LPGA Tour. She has already won the 2018 Prasco Charity Championship and the 2019 Ladies Golf Professional Association. She became interested in F1 while watching the Drive To Survive series on Netflix! Something to make Alex Albon laugh, we imagine!

Alex Albon

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Alex Albon is a Thai driver and member of the Williams team. He has achieved two podium finishes since the start of his career in motor racing's premier class. He met Lily Muni when he wanted to take up golf.

Louise Gjørup

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Louise Gjørup met her future husband Kevin Magnussen in 2015. The Dane and her lover married in 2019. They became parents to a daughter, Laura, in 2021.

Kevin Magnussen

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Danish driver Kevin Magnussen joined F1 in 2014. Since 2017, with a two-year hiatus, he has been driving for the Haas team. He is still looking for his first career victory.

Luisinha Oliveira

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Luisinha Oliveira is a model born in Portugal. She spent eight months with racing driver Lando Norris. The couple are now separated.

Lando Norris

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England's Lando Norris is another young racing phenomenon. The 23-year-old has been driving for McLaren since 2019. He scored his first F1 points in his second race. However, the top step of the podium has always eluded him.

Sara Pagliaroli

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Pretty Italian Sara Pagliaroli has been modeling since she was a teenager. She has worked with many famous brands such as Adria Beachwear and Replay Jeans. She also heads the jewelry brand Blue Lemon Jewels. She and Lance Stroll publicly appeared together for the premiere of a James Bond film in 2021.

Lance Stroll

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At 18 years, 4 months and 26 days, Montrealer Lance Stroll has become the second-youngest driver to start a Grand Prix after Max Verstappen. He now drives for the Aston Martin team, owned by his father, Lawrence.

Tiffany Cromwell

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Tiffany Cromwell is an Australian. Like her lover Valtteri Bottas, she is a top-level athlete. She is a road cyclist, currently with the Canyon-SRAM team. She often takes part in Grand Tours, winning two stages of the Giro d'Italia Femminile during her career. She and the rider have been a couple for just a few months.

Valtteri Bottas

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Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas is one of the veterans of the grid. He began his career in 2013. After a long and successful period at Mercedes, where he took 10 victories, he is now the number one driver at Alfa Romeo.

Andrea Schlager

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Andrea Schlager is an Austrian journalist assigned to cover F1 and tennis. She began working with Fernando Alonso in 2022.

Fernando Alonso

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Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso has announced his break-up with Andrea Schlager in April 2023, less than a year after the couple first got together. The Aston Marin driver is therefore a heart to be taken.

Charlotte Sine

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Monegasque Charlotte Sine is an architecture student. Her father is a wealthy entrepreneur who owns shopping centers, hotels, restaurants and casinos in the Principality. She began dating Monaco driver Charles Leclerc in 2019.

Charles Leclerc

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Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has since confirmed his separation from his girlfriend of three years, Charlotte Sine, in December 2022. The Scuderia Ferrari driver has already won five races in his career.

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