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STUNNING Russian model Viktoria Odintcova has sensationally claimed she has friend zoned Lewis Hamilton and GHOSTED Cristiano Ronaldo.
Odintcova has been spotted at the F1 a number of times in recent years and was watching Hamilton at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in April.
Despite being there to cheer on the Formula One star, she says that while the two started off romantically they are now just friends.
She said to RT:
"We had different types of relationship.
"At a certain period of time it was romantic. He was courting me.
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"But then this relationship evolved into friendship.
"I live in Russia and he lives abroad. We just became friends who can message each other and send holiday greetings."
"(Now) we’re friends, we just write to each other and call sometimes. He’s in the friend zone.
"I go to his races occasionally, the last time was in Sochi (at the Russian Grand Prix). We’ve been friends for three years. When I met him, I could barely speak English, I could only understand it."
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She also says that she has got acquainted with PSG winger Neymar through Hamilton.
"I’m in touch with Neymar, because he’s friends with Lewis, I know him through Lewis. I understand that he’s a normal guy, we message each other on Instagram"
Hamilton meanwhile has been romantically linked with Colombian singer Shakira after the pair were spotted on a boat trip together in Miami.
Odintcova boasts a a whopping five million followers on Instagram and holds a marketing degree from Penn State University.
She has claimed to have ignored the advances of Cristiano Ronaldo in the past, saying she blanked his Instagram messages when asked about his advances in an interview.
She said: "That happened… He (Ronaldo) even wrote to me. It was a long time ago. He wrote, ‘Hi, how are you?’ I deleted the message and didn’t reply.
"Of course I didn’t give him a chance, come on! I know some other girls he wrote to, so I understood straight away, ‘dude, goodbye, delete."
The Portuguese superstar should not be too disheartened though.
Odintcova said she gets bombarded with messages from sports stars and never opens them.
She said: "I often receive messages from professional athletes, especially from European footballers.
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"I don't even remember these names. I just see, 'oh, one more message from some player'.
"I don't even open them."