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A Miami-based woman has claimed she was in a months-long 'digital romance' with Formula 1 driver just weeks before he was seen with .
Fashion designer Julia Medeiros, who has been dubbed a lookalike, says she began regularly speaking with Hamilton through Instagram in November and is now under the impression they had an online fling.
The DMs, which have been seen by Daily Mail, show the F1 driver, 41, and Medeiros, 24, casually getting to know one another in exchanges from November 2025 to January 2026, though there are no explicitly romantic messages between them.
His final message to the Brazilian business owner appeared to be sent on January 28, just days before romance rumours emerged between Hamilton and Kardashian.
Medeiros had wished him a happy birthday and he said to her: 'Thank you. Sorry I haven't been on here for a long time, over a month.'
Medeiros responded asking where he was, but she never received a message in return.
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A Miami-based woman, 24, has claimed she was in a months-long 'digital romance' with Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton, 41, just weeks before he was seen with Kim Kardashian, 45
'It wasn't casual. We spoke constantly. There was intensity. It felt like a real connection,' Medeiros insists to Daily Mail, saying Hamilton began watching her Stories in 2024.
'He would actively view everything I posted. However, it was in 2025, during the Formula 1 event in , that we effectively began talking.'
At the time, many racing drivers, including Hamilton, were in the South American country where Medeiros was born.
It was then Medeiros, who was living in Miami, sent the first message to Hamilton, asking if he was in her home country.
'I hope you're having an amazing time. Brazilians are honestly one of the most welcoming people,' Medeiros said when he confirmed his location.
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'Best people here,' Hamilton replied. 'Where are you?'
'From that point on, he started messaging me daily. He also continued watching all of my stories, almost always being one of the first people to view them,' Medeiros claims.
'Something that always caught my attention was how quickly he would see my stories.'
Fashion designer Julia Medeiros, who has been dubbed a Kylie Jenner lookalike, says she began regularly speaking with Hamilton through Instagram in November and is now under the impression they had an online fling
However, neither Hamilton nor Kardashian has publicly commented on the rumours to date, with the Ferrari man telling a reporter earlier this month that he was not when probed.
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Rumours surrounding Hamilton and Kardashian first began at the end of January, when the pair were .
The pair were seen arriving with a motorcade in tow at the five-star establishment, and whispers of a romance have been growing louder ever since.
After they appeared together at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, to watch the Seattle Seahawks clinch the Super Bowl on February 8, Hamilton was asked about the relationship by a member of the press.
But, according to Sky Sports' F1 reporter Ted Kravitz, the seven-time world champion shut it down by saying: 'It's my private life, I'm not talking about that.'
While their relationship is believed to have intensified romantically this year, Hamilton and clothing brand SKIMS founder Kardashian are
When the F1 legend was with Nicole Scherzinger and Kardashian was married to Kanye West, the four were pictured together at GQ's 2014 Men of the Year awards in London.
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West and Kardashian went on to announce their split in 2021 and divorced the following year, while Hamilton and Scherzinger split in 2015.
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