The most persistent rumor concerning Bearman’s dating life centers on Estelle Ogilvy, a London-based law student and lifestyle content creator known online as "Silky Ris." Digital sleuths noticed the pair interacting on social media during Bearman’s championship-winning 2023 campaign in junior categories. Paddock observers spotted Ogilvy attending selected European race weekends, sparking widespread claims that she was Bearman’s official partner.
The relationship was real during his formative junior racing years, according to paddock insiders who knew the couple in England. Yet the pairing quietly concluded well before Bearman made his historic Grand Prix debut in Saudi Arabia. Neither party ever published a formal statement, an unnecessary step for junior athletes at the time, which allowed old video compilations to circulate as current news long after they broke up.
The story gained another layer of paddock intrigue later in 2024 when gossip columns linked Ogilvy to Williams driver Franco Colapinto, another young rookie who entered the grid mid-season. Tabloids rushed to invent a dramatic "rookie love triangle," splashing sensational headlines across British and European media. In reality, Bearman and Ogilvy had ended their association months earlier on amicable terms. The supposed rivalry existed entirely inside comment sections rather than the hospitality motorhomes.
