Formula 1 driver pours fuel on Taylor Swift dating rumour

A 41-year-old Formula 1 driver has got tongues wagging after an apparent response to his rumoured Taylor Swift romance.

Fernando Alonso hilariously responded to rumours that he’s secretly dating Taylor Swift.

The Spanish driver, 41, posted a five-second TikTok video Monday, set to the tune of her hit song “Karma.”

In the clip, Alonso scrolled on his phone before looking at the camera and winking, The New York Post reports.

“Race week era,” he captioned the post, seemingly alluding to the Grammy winner’s ongoing “Eras Tour.”

The two-time world champion also referenced Swift’s song “22” when he commented, “Feeling 33.”

Like many internet rumours, speculation about the odd coupling began on the popular blind item Instagram account, DeuxMoi, last week.

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Taylor Swift and Fernando Alonso.

“A couple of Spanish magazines have been posting about TS and Spanish F1 driver Fernando Alonso,” an anonymous email, shared on Instagram Stories, read.

“According to them, the couple has been seeing each other for a week now. Nothing serious tho since they are both recently single.”

Although DeuxMoi has accurately predicted new celebrity couplings on dozens of occasions, the email was posted in the “deux are you looking for” segment, which is for “entertainment purposes only.”

“Some of the emails posted are complete BS,” the account owner clearly warned.

Nevertheless, F1 fans were quick to react to the surprising news.

“Fernando please confirm or deny, was mastermind written about you,” one person joked in the comments section of his TikTok.

Taylor Swift at the American Music Awards. Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images for dcp.

Fernando Alonso gave the camera a wink. Photo: fernandoalonso/Tiktok.

“Taylor Swift actually wrote Anti-Hero about Fernando Alonso,” another added.

Others took to Twitter to further support the rumoured couple, with one user photoshopping the athlete into a photo of Swift with her friends over the weekend, while others joked about their four-inch height difference.

The “Cruel Summer” singer, who performed at the 2016 United States Grand Prix, is newly single after splitting from her boyfriend of six years, Joe Alwyn.

“It wasn’t dramatic,” a source told Page Six, noting that the relationship “just ran its course.”

Swift has since been seen out and about in New York City with pals Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, before getting her girl squad back together for a Friday night on the town.

The Aston Martin driver, for his part, is also single after splitting from journalist Andrea Schlager earlier this month.

Taylor Swift performs on stage on the first night of her "Eras Tour". Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP.

“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 shared in an Instagram post.

“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,” the 32-time Grand Prix winner added.

Who is Fernando Alonso?

Fernando Alonso is a two-time F1 world champion, winning the campaign in 2005 and 2006.

He won both of his championships with Renault before joining Mclaren and Ferrari in unsuccessful stints.

Fernando stepped back from racing in 2018 after he “didn’t feel supported,” however, the superstar joined Alpine in 2021 and in 2023 is back in the driving seat with Aston Martin.

As of April 2023, he has entered 361 Grand Prix races with a total of 101 podiums.

— This story originally appeared on nypost.com and has been republished with permission