
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff reveals Lewis Hamilton still asks him for DATING advice - as he sheds light on his relationship with the seven-time world champion after his Ferrari exit
The seven-time world champion parted ways with Mercedes after twelve seasons but has endured a disappointing debut campaign with Ferrari.
The 40-year-old is currently sitting in sixth place in the Drivers Championship table, behind team-mate Charles Leclerc and 131 points behind runaway leader Oscar Piastri.
Wolff has been Mercedes' team principal since 2013 and despite Hamilton's departure, the duo remain close, with the German claiming they still 'trust each other'.
He told The Wall Street Journal: 'I tried to be very open and say, "Listen, on the racetrack, we want to beat you. No doubt about that." But it's been 12 years that we have been in this relationship. We trust each other.'
Wolff even revealed that Hamilton asks him for advice about who he should date.
'I'm living a different life through his eyes, you know, he shows me his flirts and who he dates, and [asks], "Should I go for this girl or not?"' he said.
'And I'm saying, "Yes, you should, and tell me how it was!"'
Hamilton remains so friendly with his former boss that he still visit his former side.
He 'pops up in the office on the weekend! He speaks with the engineers, gets some food,' Wolff said.
Hamilton has largely kept quiet about his love life, although he famously dated Nicole Scherzinger until 2014.
The F1 star had met Scherzinger at the MTV EMAs in 2007 and they were together for 20 months but split for the first time in January 2010, before later reconciling.
They then split again in late 2011, before giving their relationship another go in early 2012.
They called time on things once again in July 2013, which prompted Scherzinger to break down in tears during her time on the X Factor judging panel. By February 2014 things were back on, before their final separation the following year.
Hamilton famously had an on-off relationship with American pop star Nicole Scherzinger
The reason for the final split had been put down to the pressures of a long-distance relationship, with Hamilton frequently travelling as part of the sprawling F1 circuit.
'I'm devastated that it didn't work out. It was the hardest decision we had to make, but we made it together,' Scherzinger said in 2015.
'We wish nothing but happiness and the very best for one another.'
Hamilton admitted he had learned from the high-profile nature of the relationship, and claimed in 2022 that he was 'happy on my own.'
'I learned the hard way, I learned the hard way,' Hamilton said. 'I haven't talked about it much. I'm really just super focused on work.'
Prior to his relationship with Scherzinger, Hamilton was confirmed to have dated model Danielle Lloyd for six months in 2002, and Jodia Ma over a four-year period between 2003 and 2007.
He has been linked with a number of high-profile names after splitting from Scherzinger, including Sofia Vergara after the pair were spotted dining together in New York.
He played down reports of romances with supermodel Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner, after being pictured with both multiple times in 2015.
The F1 star had distanced himself from reports that he had dated singer Rihanna back in 2015
Hamilton insisted he was good friends with both, an assertion he also made when he was rumoured to have been dating Rihanna.
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