Iceman’s heart melted by pole dancer

Mika Hakkinen and his new WAG, stripper Marketa Kromotova, were papped on the beaches of Cote d’Azur, “romping like lovestruck teenagers”. Kromotova, 30, is a pole dancer at Cologne’s Pascha club.

Hakkinen told the Express, Cologne’s daily tabloid, of his new happiness, saying: “I have an exciting new life.”

Yeah, we can just imagine Mika saying that in his flat Finnish tones.

Meet the wind beneath Kyle Busch’s wings

Apologies for the poor image quality, but you get the general idea: Sam Sarcinella is hot. The 22-year-old graduate has been dating Busch, Nascar’s runaway leader, since 2007, when they met at a race at the Indianapolis Speedway.

Sarcinella keeps a lower profile than most WAGs, so not much is known about her. We do know she recently graduated from Purdue University with a degree in psychology, and that she paid her way through college by working as an aerobics instructor.

The worldwide interweb also tells us she plans to obtain her masters degree in the same field, with a view to a career in leadership coaching. Whatever that is.

Another pic of Sam after the jump…

Honda ace papped with ex-Destiny’s Child star

F1 bachelor Jenson Button, who split up from girlfriend Florence Brudenell-Bruce earlier this year, was snapped last night leaving Nobu with Kelly Rowland.

Celebs only dine at Nobu when they want to be photographed by paparazzi (see Lewis and his Pussycat Doll). Therefore we can only assume Jenson is having hot, entirely legal sex with the former Destiny’s Child singer.

McLaren ace has bag snatched

A couple of opportunistic thieves lifted Lewis Hamilton’s luggage as he checked out of a Spanish hotel with Pussycat WAG Nicole Scherzinger. Three bodyguards gave chase when the two men snatched a rucksack and a leather holdall containing Hamilton’s iPod from the boot of the couple’s Mercedes.

Lewis and the Pussycat Doll were staying at the five-star Malaga Palacio while she performed a concert in the city.

A witness said: “The thieves dropped the rucksack but got away. They looked like drug addicts.”

Maybe the heavies should cut back on the ‘roids. Come on, not being able to win a foot race with a couple of junkies? Time for Lewis and Nicole to get some new bodyguards, Grid Crasher thinks.

Flamboyant Renault boss & missus attacked by irate tourists

Flavio Briatore’s August break took a nasty turn when he tried to go onshore from his luxury yacht. Italian newspaper La Stampa reports that the 58-year-old Renault boss and his charming new wife were pelted with water and sand (not the most painful weapons, you’d think) by angry bathers when they tried to land on the busy Capriccioli beach in Sardinia.

The aggressive manner in which they sped ashore enraged parents on the beach, while “terrorised children wailed between the waves”, La Stampa claimed. A painful image, we’re sure you agree.

Pussycat Doll hangs on to man in LA airport

As Grid Crasher suspected, it looks like the rumour that Nicole was seeing will.i.am is bulls**t. This photo, taken at LAX airport yesterday, shows that F1’s hottest couple are stuck on each other. Or she’s stuck on Lewis, at least.

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Hamilton’s Pussycat Doll spotted kissing a Black Eyed Pea

Lewis Hamilton’s girlfriend, Nicole Scherzinger, was spotted kissing Black Eyed Peas star will.i.am (that’s how he spells it: twat) at a Los Angeles club.

According to reports, the couple (pictured above, performing at the 2007 MTV Music Awards) were spotted getting intimate at LA’s Opera nightclub.

Meet Heikki’s other half

Kovi has been going out with English girl Catherine Hyde for a couple of years now. The pair are apparently engaged but don’t plan to marry until 2010.

Hyde is a student in sports psychology - maybe Ron Dennis should hire her to get inside the mind of Fernando Alonso…

More pics of Catherine coming up after these messages…

Jeff Gordon’s missus is hawt

Successful racing drivers get the finest women. And there are few finer than Ingrid Vandebosch, Jeff Gordon’s wife.

Vandebosch, who comes from Belgium, is a supermodel-slash-actress. She featured in Sports Illustrated’s latest Swimsuit Issue - not bad for a 38-year-old. (Yep, you’re thinking what we’re thinking - she looks pretty damn good for a 38-year-old.)

She married Gordon in 2006. The couple now have a baby girl, Ella, who was born in June 2007.

A couple more photos and a bonus video are one click away…

Nando is under the thumb

When asked during a press conference at this weekend’s Hungarian GP whether he would consider joining the ex-F1 Drivers’ Club when he retires, Fernando Alonso replied: “I will do whatever my wife wants. If it’s time to join the club, I will join. If she says no, then I won’t join.”

Raquel del Rosario - Nando’s wife - may look sweet and innocent, but it’s obvious who wears the trousers in the Alonso household.

Heikki Kovalainen, who was also taking part in the press conference, used the opportunity to take a pop at Alonso, who earlier in the week had slagged off McLaren, saying if he was still at the team he wouldn’t be allowed to win - much like Kovi.