App race turns into engagement after driver and passenger fall in love at TO The couple Erick Dourado and Fernanda Martins met three years ago during app races in Araguaína, in the north of Tocantins. Over time, the two kept in touch and started going out, and now they are engaged and expecting a child. The two met at the beginning of 2024, when Fernanda worked in a pizzeria and requested rides via app to get home. At the time, Erick worked as a platform driver and helped the passenger a few times. ? Click here to follow the g1 TO channel on WhatsApp As Erick lived close to the establishment, requests always went to him. In order to facilitate communication about the races, the two exchanged telephone contacts, until Fernanda stopped asking for services and spent six months without giving any news. "I even thought she had left the city, that she was married at the time. She didn't ask for more rides, she didn't call me on WhatsApp anymore. After about six months, I started working in a store and posting things on my status, and with that I saw that she saw my statuses. A few days passed, I sent a message if she was in the city and she told me that a relative of hers was taking her", he said. MORE “From then on, I never let go,” said Erick. Their relationship began at the end of 2024 and, soon after, the two started living together. The engagement took place in December 2025. To g1, Fernanda said that she did not imagine that an app race would turn into a relationship. "It was a meeting I could never have imagined. That day I was just asking for a rush to go home, without imagining that God was preparing something much bigger for my life. What caught my attention the most about him was his respect, behavior and politeness. Nothing happened in a rush. Our story was built with time and sincere conversations, I never thought I would find love in a common everyday situation", he said. Because of the pregnancy, the couple decided to postpone the wedding until 2027, after the arrival of their child. Love story began during app races Disclosure/Maxin See more news from the region on g1 Tocantins.