Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton has hinted that he will pop the question to long-term girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger in the next few months.

You heard it here first, but racing star Hamilton hasn't made it a secret he wants to make an honest women out of Scherzinger before their six-year anniversary together.

"We've been together for five years, which is quite a milestone really," he's quoted by The Sun as saying.

"But hopefully in the near future [he will propose]. Maybe before we get to six years."

The couple recently celebrated their fifth-year anniversary together on a weekend trip to Capri, on the south side of the Gulf of Naples near Italy.

It was revealed recently that Hamilton didn't want Nicole to sign the dotted line on this year's X Factor contract, as he was worried they would spend another year apart from one another.

Nicole and Lewis recently celebrated five years together... 

The Mercedes driver was always a regular backstage at the X Factor camp but thought the long-distance relationship was difficult to manage.

But Nicole has described the pair as "kindred spirits" and said their bond was too strong to break. Those words could be inspiration for a song yet Nic...

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