Fernando Alonso
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 Spain
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| Formula 1 world championship | |||||||||
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| Start number : | 14th | ||||||||
| First start: | 2001 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2018 | ||||||||
| Constructors | |||||||||
| 2001 Minardi • 2003–2006 Renault • 2007 McLaren • 2008–2009 Renault • 2010–2014 Ferrari • 2015–2018 McLaren | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | World Champion ( 2005 , 2006 ) | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | 1899 | ||||||||
| Podiums : | 97 | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | 1764 over 8,625.5 km | ||||||||
| Status: end of season 2018 | |||||||||
Fernando Alonso Díaz (born July 29, 1981 in Oviedo , Asturias ) is a Spanish racing driver . He is the first Spanish Grand Prix winner and world champion in Formula 1 history. Fernando Alonso is three times world automobile champion. He won the title in the Formula 1 World Championship with Renault in 2005 and 2006. In 2019, Alonso was also world champion in the World Endurance Championship (WEC ) with Toyota.
Alonso started in Formula 1 from 2001 to 2018 and won the world championship there with Renault in 2005 and 2006 . After his first title, he was the youngest Formula 1 world champion in history to date, undercutting the earlier record set by Emerson Fittipaldi . From 2010 to 2014 Alonso started for the traditional Italian racing team Ferrari , with which he was runner-up in 2010, 2012 and 2013. He competed for McLaren in 2007 and from 2015 to 2018 .
Before his Formula 1 career, Alonso was among other things champion of the Euro Open by Nissan in 1999 . In 2018 and 2019 he won the Le Mans 24-hour race , the 6-hour Spa-Francorchamps race, the Daytona 24-hour race and the Sebring 1000 miles in 2019 .
On July 8, 2020 it was announced that Alonso would return to Formula 1 for Renault in 2021.
Career
Karting (1984–1998)
When Alonso was three years old, his father, José Luis, a hobby kart pilot, wanted to convey his passion to his children as well. He built a kart that was originally intended for Fernando's eight-year-old sister Lorena. But when she showed no interest in it, her brother Fernando got the chance.
Alonso was active in karting until 1999 . He was three times (1993, 1994 and 1995) Spanish junior kart champion. In 1996 he won the Five Continents Cup for Juniors and in 1998 he became Vice European Champion in Formula A.
Beginnings in formula racing (1999 and 2000)
Euro Open Movistar by Nissan (1999)
In October 1998 Alonso completed his first test drive in a monoposto on the Circuito de Albacete . He drove a Coloni - Nissan from the Euro Open by Nissan run by Adrián Campos Motorsport , the racing team of the former Formula 1 driver Adrián Campos . Alonso managed to beat the qualifying time of Marc Gené , who had won the championship title with Campos this season, on the third day of testing .
In 1999 the 18-year-old Alonso formed the driver duo of Adrián Campos Motorsport together with Antonio García . Alonso already won the second race and achieved a total of six wins, nine pole positions and eight fastest race laps. With 164 to 163 points, he won the championship before Manuel Gião . His teammate García scored 109 points and one win. At the end of his first year in formula racing , Alonso completed his first Formula 1 test for Minardi . He was 1.5 seconds faster than the other Minardi test pilots.
Formula 3000 (2000)
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In 2000 Alonso moved to the international Formula 3000 championship in the Belgian team Astromega . He was the youngest driver in this racing series this season. After six races without points, his first point followed in sixth place on the A1-Ring . In the penultimate race of the season on the Hungaroring , he achieved his first podium finish with a second place and his first Formula 3000 victory at the season finale on the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, known as the driver's track, after pole position and fastest race lap. At the end of the season he was fourth in the championship behind Bruno Junqueira , Nicolas Minassian and Mark Webber . Alonso had more than twice as many points as his teammates Fabrice Walfisch and Marc Goossens , who shared the second cockpit.
In addition to his involvement in Formula 3000, Alonso was also active as a test driver for the Formula 1 Team Minardi this year. At the end of 2000, Alonso received a management contract with Flavio Briatore , who was Benetton's Formula 1 team boss at the time .
formula 1
Minardi (2001)
In 2001 Alonso made his Formula 1 debut. With the help of his manager Briatore, he was promoted from test driver to regular driver at the Italian racing team Minardi, which had been taken over by Paul Stoddart before the season . He brought $ 250,000 in sponsorship money from LeasePlan .
As in previous years, the Minardi were to be found in the back of the field. Since the team had only been saved from bankruptcy a few weeks before the start of the season, the Minardi PS01 was an improvised vehicle that was only completed shortly before the start of the first Grand Prix (according to Paul Stoddart, Alonso had to help assemble the car himself). Alonso had to make his debut with completely inferior and untested material.
Alonso's best placement was a tenth place at the German Grand Prix , but so many drivers were eliminated from this Grand Prix that he still finished in last place. His eleventh place in Japan was more remarkable . There he left five drivers behind. Alonso finished the season in 23rd place in the world championship. He was behind his teammate Tarso Marques , who, however, benefited from two ninth places in races with a few failures. However, in contrast to Marques, who was replaced by Alex Yoong for the last three races, Alonso managed to qualify for every race, while Marques failed to qualify at a Grand Prix.
Alonso clearly distanced his teammates, especially in qualifying. Marques only did not start from the back row in one race, Yoong always from last place. Alonso already achieved a remarkable performance at the opening race in Australia when he qualified the barely tuned Minardi PS01 for 19th place on the grid in his first Formula 1 race , ahead of Gastón Mazzacane in the Prost and Luciano Burti in the Jaguar and his teammate Marques started the race, 2.6 seconds behind Alonso. He finished the race two laps behind in twelfth place and was classified ahead of the two Benettons of Giancarlo Fisichella and Jenson Button . In the course of the season, Alonso left both Benetton drivers behind as 18th in timed practice in San Marino and Austria . At the US Grand Prix he achieved his best starting position in 17th place.
Renault - Phase 1 (2002-2006)
Alonso was under contract with Renault from 2002 to 2006 . During this period he started 70 Formula 1 races, won 15 of them and was twice (2005 and 2006) world driver champion.
First pole position, first podium, first victory (2002–2004)
In 2002 Alonso switched to Renault F1 as a test driver . The team emerged from the former Benetton racing team and was led by Alonso's manager Flavio Briatore. Renault finished fourth in the constructors' championship this season.
In 2003 Alonso received an operational cockpit at Renault and replaced Jenson Button. Jarno Trulli , who had been beaten by Button one season earlier, became Alonso's team-mate. Alonso secured his first pole position in the second race of the season, the Malaysian Grand Prix . In the race he finished in third place and was only the second Spaniard to finish on the podium. After two more positions on the podium - a third place in Brazil and a second place in his home race in Spain - Alonso won his first Grand Prix in Hungary as the youngest driver ever . The lapping of the reigning world champion Michael Schumacher also had a symbolic effect . Alonso finished the season with 55 points in sixth place in the drivers' standings, ahead of Trulli, who finished eighth with 33 points. It's worth noting that Alonso scored points in every race he'd finished the season.
In 2004 Alonso remained without a win, in contrast to Trulli, who won a race. A second place at the French Grand Prix was his best placement. In addition, with three third places, he achieved further podium finishes in Australia , Germany and Hungary . Trulli, who scored no more points after the 10th of 18 races, was replaced by former world champion Jacques Villeneuve three races before the end of the season . At the time of the dismissal, Trulli was one point ahead of Alonso in the World Cup with 46 points. Alonso, who finished the season with 59 points in fourth place, prevailed within the team against Villeneuve, who remained without points.
First world title (2005)
In 2005 Alonso got a new team-mate in Giancarlo Fisichella. After Fisichella had won the season opener in Australia and Alonso was third on the podium, Alonso took three wins at the next three Grands Prix in Malaysia , Bahrain and San Marino , taking the lead in the World Championship. In San Marino, Alonso made headlines with a duel against Michael Schumacher, in which he managed to keep his opponent, who had the faster car, behind him in the final third of the race. Alonso described his tactics as follows: “I had to take care of my car and my tires, so I reached into my bag of tricks. My only chance was to extremely delay before the slow passages. I braked harder than normal to stop Michael. When accelerating out of the corners, he was therefore never able to catch up enough to overtake me at the end of the straight ” .
After finishing second in Spain and fourth in Monaco , Alonso drove to another victory at the European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring . He benefited from a failure of Kimi Raikkonen . On the last lap, he was in the lead due to a broken suspension, as a late consequence of a vibrating tire after a heavy braking towards the middle of the race. Raikkonen, who turned out to be the toughest opponent for Alonso in the duel for the world championship this season, had probably the fastest car in the field, but technical defects kept throwing him back.
After Alonso had not finished the two North American races, he extended his lead in the drivers' standings with two wins in France and Germany and a second place in Great Britain . After the twelfth race, Alonso led with 87 to 51 points ahead of Raikkonen. Alonso therefore limited himself to defending the lead in the next few races. While Raikkonen won three of the next four races, Alonso came second three times on the podium. This gave him the opportunity to win the world championship in the third last race of the season in Brazil . A third place in this race was enough for him to decide on the title early. This made Alonso the youngest Formula 1 world champion to date and the first ever Spanish title holder at the age of 24.
Alonso finished third in the penultimate race in Japan and then crowned his season in China with his seventh win of the season. With 133 points, Alonso scored more than twice as many points as Fisichella (58 points).
Second world title (2006)
Even before the start of the Formula 1 World Championship in 2006 , it was announced that Alonso Renault would leave for McLaren at the end of the year and that he had terminated his management contract with Briatore.
In the first half of the season, Alonso won six races and finished second three times. In the first race, the Bahrain Grand Prix , there was a duel with Michael Schumacher, who was his toughest opponent in the title fight this season. After a second place in Malaysia and a victory in Australia , the duel with Schumacher from the previous year was repeated at the European opener in San Marino . The roles in this duel were swapped, however, and this time it was Alonso who had the faster car in second place, but could not get past the leading Schumacher. After another second place behind Schumacher in Europe , Alonso decided the next four races in Spain , Monaco , Great Britain and Canada , starting from pole position. After the end of the first half of the season, Alonso led the drivers' standings with 84 to 59 points ahead of Schumacher.
In the second half of the season, however, with five wins from the first seven races, Schumacher caught up with Alonso, who had three second places in France , Turkey and China as the best results in this phase . In Italy , Schumacher benefited from Alonso's engine failure. After the Chinese Grand Prix, the two drivers tied on points. Schumacher was in the lead as he had one more win than Alonso. In the penultimate race of the season in Japan it initially looked like another victory for Schumacher, but in the 37th lap an engine failure on Schumacher's Ferrari ended the race. Alonso took the lead, finally crossed the finish line as the winner and started the last race with a comfortable margin. Alonso only needed one point in Brazil , while Schumacher had to win and hope for a pointless race from Alonso. Schumacher therefore only had a theoretical chance at the season finale, which he was unable to use due to fuel pressure problems during training and an unfortunate incident in the race. A second place was enough for Alonso to successfully defend his title. As with his first title win, this time his consistency and Renault's technical lead at the start of the season were a decisive factor for success. Alonso also clearly prevailed against Fisichella again with 134 to 72 points.
McLaren - Phase 1 (2007)
After his move to the British racing team McLaren and promising test drives in the winter, there were many indications that Alonso would be among the title favorites in 2007 as well. After Juan Pablo Montoya left the team last season and Räikkönen had switched to Ferrari, the cockpit next to Alonso was initially vacant. It finally went to Lewis Hamilton , the reigning champion of the GP2 series , who was to complete his first season. Pedro de la Rosa , who came to racing as a representative for Montoya in the 2006 season, became a test driver again.
After finishing second at the season opener in Australia , Alonso already won the second race for his new team and thus initially took the lead in the world championship. But after the Spanish Grand Prix , he had to cede this to Hamilton, who had unexpectedly started the season well and was fighting at eye level with Alonso, although he was back on the podium in third place. Alonso was making the situation increasingly difficult - he got the impression that his team supported Hamilton more than him, and let himself be carried away to make mistakes. Despite a victory in Monaco and second places in the USA and Great Britain , Hamilton extended his lead over Alonso to 70 to 58 points after the ninth race.
The only opponent to be taken seriously was Ferrari, which initially had two equally strong drivers, Raikkonen and Felipe Massa . Alonso made up points with a win at the European Grand Prix , which was heavily influenced by rain chaos and in which Hamilton remained without points. At the next race, the Hungarian Grand Prix , the duel with Hamilton was further aggravated: In qualifying, Alonso stayed with the McLaren pit crew for an unusually long time in the last segment, blocking his teammate. Alonso's vehicle had already been cleared and he had received the signal to continue. Nevertheless, Alonso remained in the pits for reasons that were not obvious from the outside, so that Hamilton had to wait in the pit lane behind him. As a result, Hamilton was no longer able to drive another timed lap in order to push Alonso in the lead from the front. The race management assessed the incident as gross unsportsmanlike conduct Alonso against Hamilton. She pronounced a penalty transfer from five places to sixth place on the grid against him. In addition, the race management decided to withhold all possible points in the constructors ' championship from McLaren because of stall orders for this race. The driver's standings remained unaffected by the penalty. The alleged background for Alonso's behavior was the sequence at the pit exit during qualifying that had previously been arbitrarily changed by Lewis Hamilton: Contrary to the instructions of team principal Ron Dennis , Hamilton had driven onto the track before Alonso. In the race, Hamilton extended their lead with a win, while Alonso finished fourth.
Podiums followed in the next three races: Alonso finished third in Turkey and Belgium and scored another victory in Italy . Hamilton crossed the finish line behind Alonso in each race, so Hamilton's lead shrank to two points three races before the end of the season. In the meantime, however, Ferrari driver Raikkonen had also brought himself within striking distance of the McLaren drivers with four victories.
While Raikkonen finished third and first in the following two Asian races in Japan and China , both McLaren drivers dropped out in one race. While Alonso did not finish in Hamilton's victory in Japan, Alonso finished the race in China in second place. Before the season finale, the Brazilian Grand Prix , Hamilton was leading with 107 points ahead of Alonso with 103 and Raikkonen with 100 points. With a Ferrari double victory by Raikkonen and Massa Raikkonen won the world championship. Alonso crossed the finish line in third, Hamilton in seventh place. At the end of the year Alonso was one point behind Raikkonen with 109 points and was tied with Hamilton. Since both drivers had achieved the same number of wins (four), but Hamilton had a second place more than Alonso (five to four), Alonso finished the season behind Raikkonen and Hamilton in third place in the drivers' world championship.
The season was overshadowed by the so-called espionage affair , in which Alonso's team McLaren was involved. McLaren was accused of using data from its competitor Ferrari when designing its own racing car, which corresponds to the offense of industrial espionage. Even after the first races, allegations were raised that a Ferrari employee had passed on secret data to a contact at McLaren. In September the McLaren team was fined one hundred million dollars before the FIA World Council in Paris. In addition, the team was deprived of all points from the current season. In addition, the accused employees Mike Coughlan (McLaren) and Nigel Stepney (Ferrari) were released from their duties.
On November 2, 2007 it was announced that Alonso would leave the team after one of three contractually agreed years. According to statements from the team and the driver, they separated by mutual agreement.
Renault - Phase 2 (2008-2009)
2008
After breaking up with McLaren, Alonso returned to his old team Renault for the 2008 season. His teammate was the Brazilian and Formula 1 debutant Nelson Piquet junior , the son of the Formula 1 world champion Nelson Piquet . Even before the start of the season, Alonso was skeptical about the potential of his new company car: He did not expect to play a role in the battle for the title. With his Renault, which was clearly inferior at first, he achieved a fourth place at the season opener in Australia , which was characterized by numerous failures , as well as two sixth and eighth places in the first half of the season only 13 points. At his home Grand Prix in Spain , he reached the front row of the grid, but did not finish the race due to an engine failure.
After three fourth places in Hungary , Belgium and Italy within four races, Alonso surprisingly won the Singapore Grand Prix . After two best practice times, Alonso had to end qualifying early due to technical problems and start the race from 15th place. He made an early pit stop in the race. As his teammate Piquet shortly afterwards triggered a safety car phase in an accident in which the drivers were not allowed to pit immediately during the season, Alonso benefited from this and took the lead. In the further course of the race he asserted himself in this position and decided the race for himself. A year later, however, it turned out that the accident of his teammate Piquet, who initiated the safety car phase matching Alonso's strategy, was fictitious and Piquet crashed at this point on the instructions of team boss Briatore and chief engineer Pat Symonds . He also won the following race in Japan in the Renault R28 , which had improved significantly since the middle of the season , thus securing his 21st victory. After another fourth place in China , he finished second again with a good performance in the last race of the season . It is noteworthy that, despite the fact that the R28 was actually not victorious, he achieved almost as many points (48) as the world champion Lewis Hamilton (50 points) and runner-up world champion Felipe Massa (49 points) in the second half of the season, also due to some mistakes by the competition. import. Teammate Piquet took a little less than a third of Alonso's (61) points with a total of 19 points.
2009
At the beginning of the 2009 season , Renault again had a major development deficit and was unable to keep up with the top. With a little fuel, Alonso made it to the front row in China, but finished the rainy race outside of the points in ninth place. However, he also achieved some relatively good results such as fifth place in the Spanish Grand Prix . Seventh place at the Nürburgring was also remarkable , where he set the fastest lap a total of eleven times. In qualifying for Hungary , Alonso secured pole position for the 18th time in his career and for the first time since September 2007. In the race he had a problem with the fuel pump from the fifth lap. Then a pit stop failed and he lost a bike that was not properly attached. Alonso made it back to the pits, but had to give up the race prematurely with the defective fuel pump. Because of the incident with the lost bike, Renault was banned by the race stewards for the next race in Valencia , but the ban was lifted again in an appeal hearing and converted into a fine.
In Belgium , after an accident with Adrian Sutil through no fault of his own , Alonso again had problems with the wheel attachment. Lying in a promising position, his team, which had learned from the incident in Hungary, brought Alonso back into the pits after an unsuccessful first pit stop and ended his race for safety reasons. At the Singapore Grand Prix he achieved his first podium finish with third place and thus his best result of the season. On the same day he announced that he would be leaving Renault at the end of the season. The last three races of the season went badly because Renault had stopped developing the car for some time to focus on 2010 and ended up 14th in the premier race in Abu Dhabi . Within the team, he clearly prevailed with 26 points against his teammates Piquet and newcomer Romain Grosjean , who had replaced Piquet during the season. Both Piquet and Grosjean received no points.
Ferrari (2010-2014)
For a long time there had been public speculation about Alonso's move before Ferrari finally announced the conclusion of a three-year contract starting in 2010. He replaced the Finn Räikkönen there - as he did at McLaren in 2007 - and drove alongside the Brazilian Felipe Massa , who had been with the team since 2006 , until 2013 . In 2014 Kimi Räikkönen was his teammate.
2010
In his very first race for the Scuderia in Bahrain , he achieved his first victory. Since Massa finished in second place, it was also a one-two for Ferrari. He benefited from technical problems with Sebastian Vettel , who had initially led the race. Alonso became the fifth driver after Juan Manuel Fangio , Mario Andretti , Nigel Mansell and Kimi Raikkonen, who won his first race for Ferrari. In the second race of the season, the Australian Grand Prix , he fell back to the bottom of the field after a collision with Jenson Button in the first corner. Then Alonso managed to work his way up to fourth place behind his team-mate Massa with a chase and defended his position in the final laps against Hamilton. At the subsequent Malaysian Grand Prix , Alonso dropped out in ninth place on the penultimate lap after an engine failure and was still classified as 13th. So he lost the lead in the world championship to his teammate Massa.
At the next Grand Prix in China , Alonso took the lead after a jump start and, after having received a drive-through penalty, finished fourth in a rainy race. At the next Grand Prix, his home race in Spain , Alonso took second place on the podium of the season. He benefited from technical problems with Vettel and an accident by Hamilton, which were initially ahead of him. In the next two Grand Prix in Monaco and Turkey , Alonso did not start from the top ten places. In Monaco he had to skip qualifying after a training accident and after starting out of the pit lane with a clever strategy and a few overtaking maneuvers, he finished sixth. In Turkey he also managed to score points and started eighth from twelfth place.
From the Canadian Grand Prix , Alonso was back in the top group. After having had a chance of winning in Montréal , he finished third behind the two McLaren drivers. In the next two Grand Prix, safety car phases that were unfavorable for Alonso thwarted leading positions. In his second home race, the European Grand Prix in Valencia, he was held up in third place by the safety car in a safety car phase and dropped to ninth place during the pit stop. He finished the race in eighth place. At the subsequent British Grand Prix , where he lost two positions after a bad start, he overtook Robert Kubica after his pit stop . Since he had come off the track during the overtaking maneuver, he was punished with a drive-through penalty. Shortly afterwards there was a safety car phase that was unfavorable for Alonso, which he had to wait and only was able to complete his penalty after the track was cleared again. In the last lap he achieved the fastest race lap.
At the German Grand Prix , Ferrari managed to turn the car's potential into good results again. Although he overtook Vettel at the start from position two, he lost one place to Massa. The two Ferrari drivers then led the race. Alonso was not satisfied with his position behind Massa and initially tried to overtake his teammate with overtaking maneuvers. After Alonso continued to put pressure on Massa, the team decided to tell Massa that Alonso was faster. As a result, Massa obviously let his teammates pass and Alonso won his second Grand Prix for Ferrari. The race management assessed the overtaking maneuver as a prohibited stable order and fined the team with a fine of 100,000 US dollars. There were no further sanctions against his team or the drivers.
At the following Grand Prix in Hungary , Alonso confirmed the good shape of his team by taking second place. He kept Vettel, who had a faster car, behind him for more than half of the race. After a retirement in Belgium , Alonso celebrated his third win of the season in the Ferrari home race, the Italian Grand Prix . After falling behind Button at the start, he took the lead after the pit stops and held it until the end of the race. One race later in Singapore , he won another race with a start-to-finish victory. He managed a hat trick to Monza for the second time in a row, as he also achieved the pole position and the fastest race lap. He also scored the first Grand Slam of his career.
At the Japanese Grand Prix , a third place was followed by another podium finish, in which he only had to admit defeat to the two Red Bull drivers Vettel and Mark Webber . In the third last race of the season on the new track in Korea , Alonso benefited from the Red Bull drivers' failures and won the race. He replaced Webber as world championship leader. After a third place in Brazil , in which the Spaniard again crossed the finish line behind both Red Bull drivers, Alonso went into the final race in Abu Dhabi as the world championship leader . Since Vettel won and Alonso only finished seventh with a wrong strategic decision, he was unable to keep the lead and he was runner-up behind Vettel. Alonso (252 points) clearly prevailed against his team-mate Massa (144 points) in his first Ferrari season.
At the end of the season he was awarded the DHL Fastest Lap Trophy for the driver with the most fastest race laps.
2011
After finishing fourth at the Australian Grand Prix , Alonso had a chance of a podium finish in race two in Malaysia as his Ferrari was faster in the race than in qualifying. In the duel with the third-placed Hamilton, however, he drove into his vehicle and damaged his front wing. He had to make an additional pit stop and finished in sixth place. After the race, Alonso was given a 20-second penalty for colliding with Hamilton, but his placement did not change. At the Turkish Grand Prix , Alonso achieved his first podium finish of the season in third. He was the only driver who could drive the pace of the leading Red Bull drivers. At the next race in Spain , Alonso managed to take the lead at the start. In the race, however, his performance decreased, mainly due to the change to the harder tire compound, and he crossed the finish line one lap behind in fifth place.
In Monaco , Alonso stayed within striking distance of the leader and finally crossed the finish line in second place. At the rain-influenced Canadian Grand Prix he started from the front row and retired after a collision with Button when he got stuck on a curb. Another second place followed in the eighth race, the European Grand Prix . One race later, at the British Grand Prix , Alonso scored his first win of the season. At the subsequent Grand Prix in Germany and Hungary , he was again on the podium in second and third respectively. At the Belgian Grand Prix he was on the podium for a long time, but towards the end of the race the harder tire compound again became his undoing and he fell back to fourth place. At the Ferrari home race in Italy , Alonso took the lead from fourth, but lost it after a few laps and finally crossed the finish line in third.
In Japan and India , two further podium finishes followed with positions two and three. At the penultimate Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi , Alonso was in the lead for a few laps and finally finished second again. At the season finale in Brazil he was back on the podium after a good start, but the harder tire compound was his undoing once again and finally came fourth. He finished the season in fourth place in the drivers' championship. With a total of ten podium placements and 257 points, he prevailed more clearly internally than in 2010 against Massa, who never stood on the podium and scored 118 points.
2012
In 2012 Alonso again formed the Ferrari driver duo with Massa. The Ferrari F2012 had particular problems getting a fast lap at the start of the season. At the season opener, the Australian Grand Prix , Alonso had to start from twelfth place after a mistake in qualifying. With a good start and a solid performance in the race, he finished fifth. One race later, at the Malaysian Grand Prix , the Ferrari was not faster than in the previous race, but Alonso took advantage of the changing weather conditions and won the race with a faultless drive. He secured the first win of the season for Ferrari, the 28th of his career, and thus took the lead in the world championship. At the next race in China he gave it up again because the Ferrari was still unable to fight for podium positions, but it scored points as in the subsequent race in Bahrain .
This was followed by a three-day test in Mugello at the beginning of May , which was the first test during a current season in four years. Ferrari tried out some innovations on the racing car that increased the Ferrari's performance. At the European opener, his home race in Spain , Alonso took over the lead from second place at the start. In the course of the race, however, he fell behind Pastor Maldonado after a pit stop . He caught up again, but due to a sudden loss of grip in the last few laps, he was no longer able to launch an attack. He finished in second place. One race later in Monaco he made up one place each from fifth on the grid at the start and one place at the pit stop, and with a third place he again took the lead in the world championship. A race later in Canada he lost it again. He used a one-stop strategy in the race and was initially in the lead in the closing stages. However, his tires deteriorated significantly more than expected and he finally crossed the finish line in fifth place. At the next race weekend in Europe , Alonso qualified for eleventh place and thus missed the last qualifying segment. At the start he already made up a few positions and worked his way forward through several overtaking maneuvers. He also benefited from the right strategy and a safety car phase that brought him within striking distance of the leaders. First he overtook Grosjean at the restart and took second place, then he took the lead, as Vettel, who had been the clear leader until then, was canceled. Alonso won his second race of the season and was the first pilot in the 2012 season to win two races. With the victory, he again took the lead in the world championship.
A race later in Great Britain , Alonso first achieved pole position, which was his and Ferrari's first since the 2010 Singapore Grand Prix. In the race, he led the race for most laps. In the final phase, when he was on the soft tire compound, however, he was overtaken by Webber, who was using the hard tires, and finally crossed the finish line in second place. In the following Grand Prix in Germany , Alonso again took pole position. In the race he was in the lead for most laps and won. He achieved his 30th Formula 1 victory. Two races later in Belgium , he retired in the first corner after an involuntary start collision in which a total of six cars were involved. At the Italian Grand Prix , which was held a week later , he was the victim of a broken rear wheel anti-roll bar in qualifying, which is why he only finished tenth on the grid. Due to a race to catch up, he drove up to second place in the race, but was pushed to third place in the final laps by Pérez, who was on the road with fresher tires. A race later in Singapore he was third again. This was also the 81st podium in his career. He overtook Ayrton Senna in the all-time best list after podium places and took third place.
At the subsequent Japanese Grand Prix , Alonso dropped out after a collision with Raikkonen in the starting phase. It was his second retirement of the season. A week later he finished third in Korea after overtaking Hamilton from fourth on the grid in the starting phase. He lost the leadership of the world championship to Vettel, who had won the last three races. At the Indian Grand Prix , Alonso finished in second place behind Vettel. Starting from fifth place he managed to make up two positions in the first laps and in the last third of the race he overtook Webber who was in second place and had problems with his KERS. A week later, after a few overtaking maneuvers in Abu Dhabi , he finished second from Vettel. At the following US Grand Prix , Alonso reached ninth place in qualifying and started from seventh place due to starting place penalties. After a good start, Alonso was in fourth place. He benefited from a failure of Webber and came in third. So he kept chances for the world title. Alonso started the last race of the season, the Brazilian Grand Prix, 13 points behind Vettel . Starting from seventh place, Alonso finished second, while Vettel crossed the finish line in sixth place. Alonso Vettel was thus defeated at the end of the season with 278 to 281 points in the world championship duel and was second overall. Within the team, he again prevailed, even more clearly than last year, with 278 to 122 points and 13 to two podiums against Massa.
2013
In 2013 , Alonso and Massa stayed with Ferrari. At the season opener in Australia Alonso achieved second place starting from fifth. In the second race of the season, the Malaysian Grand Prix , he damaged his front wing on the first lap. Instead of making a pit stop, Alonso fell by the wayside. In the second lap, the wing came off and slid under the car. This ended the race for Alonso. One race later in China , Alonso won his 31st Grand Prix in his 200th Formula 1 start. The following week in Bahrain , Alonso fell back with DRS problems and finished eighth.
At the European opener in Spain , Alonso scored his second and last win of the season starting from fifth place. After finishing seventh in Monaco , Alonso finished second in Canada . He started the race from sixth place and gradually worked his way up. A race later in Great Britain , Alonso made up a few positions again starting from ninth place and was again on the podium in third. Three races later, starting from ninth place, he achieved another podium finish. He finished second in Belgium . He repeated this result at the next race in Italy .
In the following race in Singapore , he made up four positions from seventh at the start and then chose a different strategy, which brought him back to second place. In Japan he finished fourth and with 1571 points he took the record for the most points scored in the Formula 1 World Championship. Due to the multiple changes to the point system - in 1950 there were 8 points for a win, in 2013 it was 25 points - this record has little meaning. At the Indian Grand Prix he went without points for the second time of the season. He finished in eleventh place after his car was damaged in a collision with Webber and Button on the first lap. In this race, Vettel won the world championship prematurely. Before this race, Alonso was the only driver who, besides Vettel, had theoretical title chances. At the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix , Alonso sustained a back injury after driving his Ferrari over the curbs in an overtaking maneuver. In the last race of the season in Brazil , he was third again. Alonso finished the season in second place in the drivers' championship. With 242 to 112 points, he again clearly prevailed against Massa within the team.
In total, Alonso achieved 42 to 8 podiums in the four common Ferrari years and with 1029 to 496 points, more than twice as many points as his team-mate Massa.
2014
In 2014 he formed the Ferrari driver duo with Kimi Räikkönen. Raikkonen, who was Alonso's predecessor in the team, received a two-year contract and replaced Felipe Massa. When the permanent Formula 1 starting numbers were introduced, he chose # 14. Alonso wore this number when he won a kart championship on July 14, 1996. At the time, Alonso was 14 years old. Since then, he has referred to 14 as the lucky number. At the Chinese Grand Prix , Alonso was third on the podium for the first time. At the Hungarian Grand Prix , Alonso led the race in the closing stages with a different pit strategy , but was overtaken by Daniel Ricciardo , who had fresher tires, three laps before the end and finished in second place. At the end of the season, Alonso finished sixth in the overall standings. With 161 to 55 points, he prevailed against Raikkonen.
Although Alonso had a contract with Ferrari until the end of the 2016 season, he left the team two years earlier after the end of the 2014 season. His successor at Ferrari was Sebastian Vettel.
McLaren - Phase 2 (2015-2018)
In 2015 , Alonso returned to McLaren and became Button's teammate. He signed a three-year contract. McLaren will be racing with Honda engines again this season. At the first race, the Australian Grand Prix , Alonso dropped out for health reasons. At the ninth race, the British Grand Prix , Alonso scored points in tenth for the first time of the season. In the next race in Hungary he was fifth. This was his best result of the season. Alonso was defeated internally by Button 11 to 16 points and was 17th in the drivers' standings.
In 2016 , Alonso and Button formed the McLaren driver duo again. At the opening race in Australia , Alonso retired on lap 17 after a serious collision with Esteban Gutierrez . Because of his injuries, he did not start at the second race of the season in Bahrain ; Stoffel Vandoorne drove in his place . At the Monaco Grand Prix , Alonso kept the world championship leader, Nico Rosberg , behind him for long stretches and finished fifth. He repeated this placement at the US Grand Prix . With 54 to 21 points, he prevailed internally against Button. In the world championship he improved to tenth place.
For the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship , Alonso received a new team-mate at McLaren in Vandoorne. At the end of the season he finished 15th overall. Instead of participating in the Monaco Grand Prix , Alonso started the Indianapolis 500 in the IndyCar Series for Andretti Autosport, which was held on the same day .
In 2018 Alonso competed again for McLaren. During the season he announced his retirement as a Formula 1 driver at the end of the season in order to devote himself to other motorsport disciplines. In 21 races he finished nine times in the top 10. At the end of the season he was eleventh in the drivers' standings.
Renault - Phase 3 (2021–)
On July 8, 2020 it was announced that Alonso would return to Formula 1 for Renault in 2021.
IndyCar Series
Fernando Alonso took part in the Indy 500 in 2017 . He qualified for the race in fifth place. In the actual race he was in the top 10 for a long time, leading this for 27 laps before he had to give up due to an engine failure on his Honda unit.
In 2019 he tried again to participate. However, he failed to qualify due to a number of unfortunate circumstances.
FIA World Endurance Championship
In addition to his Formula 1 involvement, Alonso has been competing for Toyota in the FIA World Endurance Championship since 2018 . On his debut, he and his team-mates Kazuki Nakajima and Sébastien Buemi won the 6-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps on May 5, 2018 . At the 24-hour race of Le Mans he was able to drive the car with the number 8, which he drove with Sébastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima, on 16./17. June 2018 take overall victory. Fernando Alonso had thus reached the 2nd stage of his great dream, winning the " Triple Crown " (victory at the Monaco GP / winning the Indy 500 / victory at the 24h Le Mans).
As the season progressed, he and his team won the Sebring 1000 miles in 2019 , the 6-hour race in Spa-Francorchamps in 2019 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2019 . Together with Buemi and Nakajima, Alonso became world champion in the LMP-1 category of the WEC "super season" 2018/19 . After the 24-hour race at Le Mans on June 15 and 16, 2019, he left the racing series.
In 2020 Alonso took part in the virtual 24-hour race of Le Mans in his own team with Rubens Barrichello , Olli Pahkala and Jarl Teien . Together with his teammates, he competed in the LMP2 class. Due to a technical problem with the racing simulator rFactor 2 , the car of the "FA / RB Team" was eliminated. While the race was neutralized for the first time by the red flag, the race management took the vehicle back into the race, as the failure was not due to the team but to the technology. In the end, Alonso and his teammates took 17th place overall among the 50 participating teams.
Dakar Rally
In October 2019, Alonso announced that he would take part in the Dakar Rally with Toyota Gazoo Racing next year . His co-driver will be the five-time Dakar Rally winner in the Marc Coma motorcycle category . He finished the rally in 13th place in the automobile classification. Alonso finished eight of the twelve stages in the top 10, with his best stage result in the eighth stage with second place.
Others
- In 2007 he was the second driver after Michael Schumacher , who scored more than 100 points in three consecutive seasons.
- He is the most successful driver in the Renault team and won both driver titles in the team's Formula 1 history. In addition, with 105 starts he is the driver with the most races for the racing team.
- He was always on the podium at least once in the seasons 2003 to 2014, and thus for twelve consecutive years.
- Until August 16, 2020, he held the record for the most race kilometers driven with 83,808.342 km, which was then beaten by Kimi Räikkönen .
Personal
Alonso is 1.71 m tall. His nickname is El Nano , which is a typical pseudonym for Fernando in Asturias . He was married to Raquel del Rosario, the singer of the Spanish band El Sueño de Morfeo , from November 2006 to December 2011 . From 2012 to 2014, the Russian model Dasha Kapustina was his girlfriend. In addition to Spanish , Alonso speaks Italian , French and English .
One of Alonso's hobby is magic tricks with, for example, playing cards , with which he has already been seen several times in television shows. Another hobby of his is playing soccer. He often took part in games of the “Nazionali Piloti” for a good cause. He is also an honorary member of his favorite football team, the Spanish club Real Madrid .
Alonso lived in Oxford, UK, at the beginning of his career . At the end of 2006 he moved to Mont-sur-Rolle on Lake Geneva in the canton of Vaud in the French-speaking part of Switzerland . After moving to Ferrari in 2010, Alonso lived in Lugano , Canton Ticino , in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, to be closer to his employer. It is only about three hours by car from Lugano to the Ferrari factory in Maranello. After a year in Lugano, however, Alonso returned to his hometown of Oviedo in 2011. In doing so, he waived the tax advantages that he would have enjoyed in Switzerland. In 2016 Alonso lived in Dubai .
Alonso has been Spain's official UNICEF ambassador since 2005 and is committed to the UNICEF project “Education for Development through Sport”, especially in developing countries. He is considered the ideal occupation for this post, as he enjoys enormous popularity with Spain's youth, is synonymous with reliability and zeal for work and was previously known for his interest in social issues.
Furthermore, Alonso is friends with the multiple Tour de France winner Alberto Contador . In addition, the establishment of a joint cycling team was already under discussion with him. In the summer of 2013, plans were announced that Alonso would take over the Basque cycling team Euskaltel Euskadi for the 2014 season. However, this deal failed in September 2013. In October it became known that Alonso is continuing his cycling project called FACT and wants to present it to the public as part of the 2014 Tour de France.
In 2011 he voiced a character in the animated film Cars 2 by Pixar Animation Studios .
Luis Garcia Abad has been manager since the termination of the management contract with Flavio Briatore Alonsos.
Alonso has been running its own junior team since the 2019 season. In cooperation with Drivex, a Spanish racing team founded by Pedro de la Rosa and Miguel Angel de Casto , this FA team competed in the Formula Renault Eurocup .
Alonsomanía
Alonsomanía is a fan phenomenon about Alonso. After being the first Spaniard to regularly win Formula 1 in 2005, interest in this increased enormously in Spain, which was evident from the significantly higher ratings for Formula 1 races on television. When he became the first Spaniard ever to win the World Cup on September 25, 2005, there were great celebrations in his hometown of Oviedo. His fans, who call themselves Alonsistas , can be recognized by the light blue and yellow colors, which are the colors of the Asturian flag and which happened to be the team colors of the Mild Seven Renault F1 Team from 2002 to 2006. Even today you can still see many people with fan articles in these colors. After his triumph there was an exhibition in Oviedo in which, among other things, Alonso's helmets and shoes, as well as his racing car, were on display. Thousands of fans came to see this exhibition. Since he switched to Ferrari, there have even been fan articles from the traditional Italian racing team in Asturian blue. In 2011 a leisure complex was opened in his hometown, which consists of a 1.4 km long kart track, a museum devoted to his career and a 2,500 m² traffic safety center.
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These statistics include all the driver's participations in the Formula 1 World Championship .
Grand Prix victories
general overview
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| 2001 | European Minardi F1 | Minardi PS01 / PS01B | European 3.0 V10 | 17th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23. |
| 2003 | Mild Seven Renault F1 Team | Renault R23 / R23B | Renault 3.0 V10 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 6th |
| 2004 | Mild Seven Renault F1 Team | Renault R24 | Renault 3.0 V10 | 18th | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 59 | 4th |
| 2005 | Mild Seven Renault F1 Team | Renault R25 | Renault 3.0 V10 | 18th | 7th | 5 | 3 | 6th | 2 | 133 | 1. |
| 2006 | Mild Seven Renault F1 Team | Renault R26 | Renault 2.4 V8 | 18th | 7th | 7th | - | 6th | 5 | 134 | 1. |
| 2007 | Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | McLaren MP4-22 | Mercedes 2.4 V8 | 17th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 2 | 3 | 109 | 3. |
| 2008 | ING Renault F1 Team | Renault R28 | Renault 2.4 V8 | 18th | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 61 | 5. |
| 2009 | ING Renault F1 Team | Renault R29 | Renault 2.4 V8 | 17th | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26th | 9. |
| 2010 | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | Ferrari F10 | Ferrari 2.4 V8 | 19th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 252 | 2. |
| 2011 | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | Ferrari 150 ° Italia | Ferrari 2.4 V8 | 19th | 1 | 5 | 4th | - | 1 | 257 | 4th |
| 2012 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari F2012 | Ferrari 2.4 V8 | 20th | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | - | 278 | 2. |
| 2013 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari F138 | Ferrari 2.4 V8 | 19th | 2 | 5 | 2 | - | 2 | 242 | 2. |
| 2014 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari F14 T | Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo | 19th | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 161 | 6th |
| 2015 | McLaren Honda | McLaren MP4-30 | Honda 1.6 V6 Turbo | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 17th |
| 2016 | McLaren Honda | McLaren MP4-31 | Honda 1.6 V6 Turbo | 20th | - | - | - | - | 1 | 54 | 10. |
| 2017 | McLaren Honda | McLaren MCL32 | Honda 1.6 V6 Turbo | 18th | - | - | - | - | 1 | 17th | 15th |
| 2018 | McLaren F1 Team | McLaren MCL33 | Renault 1.6 V6 Turbo | 21st | - | - | - | - | - | 50 | 11. |
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| gold | - | victory |
| silver | - | 2nd place |
| bronze | - | 3rd place |
| green | - | Placement in the points |
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| violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
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| red | DNQ | did not qualify |
| DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
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| White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
| WD | withdrawn | |
| Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
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| without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
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| DNA | did not arrive | |
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| other | P / bold | Pole position |
| SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
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Individual results in the IndyCar Series
| year | team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | Points | rank |
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| 2017 | McLaren-Honda-Andretti | STP | LBH | ALA | PHO | IMS | INDY | DET | TXS | ROA | IOW | GOAL | MDO | POC | STL | WGL | SNM | 47 | 29 | |
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| 2019 | McLaren Racing | STP | COA | ALA | LBH | IMS | INDY | DET | TXS | ROA | GOAL | IOW | MDO | POC | STL | POR | LAG | - | - | |
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( Legend )
Le Mans results
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Dakar rally results
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Awards
- Gregor Grant Award: 2003
- Lorenzo Bandini Trophy : 2005
- ASN trophy (" Bernie Ecclestone Prize"): 2005 together with Pedro de la Rosa
- International Racing Driver of the Year: 2006
- DHL Fastest Lap Trophy : 2010
- Driver of the season: 2010, 2012
- Johnny Wakefield Trophy: 2010, 2011
- Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year Award (2017)
Honors
- Prince of Asturias Prize : 2005 in the sport category
- Legion of Honor of Spain
- International Sports Award: 2011
- Golden Badge of the " Real Automóvil Club " of Spain: 2012
- Honorary membership at Real Madrid : 2012
- Honorary Ambassador of the Marca España : 2013
- In his hometown of Oviedo, the "Calle Fernando Alonso Díaz" is a street named after him.
literature
- Raquel Actis: Fernando Alonso: El Principe de la Formula 1 ( Spanish ). Nuevas Ediciones del Motor, 2003, ISBN 978-84-607-9784-5 .
- Victor Seara: Fernando Alonso: Una Estrella en El Mundo de la Formula 1 ( Spanish ). La Esfera de los Libros, 2004, ISBN 978-84-9734-182-0 .
- Victor Seara: Fernando Alonso: Una Estrella del Mundo de la Formula 1 ( Spanish ). La Esfera de los Libros, 2005, ISBN 978-8-4973-4332-9 .
- Raquel Actis, Luis Criado: Fernando Alonso: La Lucha por la Superacion ( Spanish ). Cultural, 2005, ISBN 978-84-609-7818-3 .
- Josep Viaplana: El nuevo rey-Campeón Fernando Alonso ( Spanish ). Ediciones B, 2005, ISBN 978-84-666-1798-7 .
- Rodrigo Castillo Brian, Javier del Arco de Izco, Antonio Lobato: Los 100 Mejores Pilotos de Fórmula 1: De Nino Farina a Fernando Alonso, 1950–2005 ( Spanish ). Cahoba Promociones y Ediciones, 2005, ISBN 978-84-9832-056-5 .
- Martine Camus: Fernando Alonso: Le Sacre de la Jeunesse ( French ). Chronosports, 2006, ISBN 978-2-84707-108-5 .
Web links
Wikinews: Fernando Alonso - on the news- Fernando Alonso's official website (Spanish or English)
- Career statistics of Alonso (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ruben Zimmerman: Formula 1 comeback perfect: Fernando Alonso will return to Renault in 2021. formel1.de, July 8, 2020, accessed July 8, 2020 .
- ↑ "De plebeyo a rey" (espndeportes.espn.go.com on 26 September 2005, Spanish)
- ↑ a b c “Fernando Alonso” (f1fanatic.co.uk; accessed November 18, 2011)
- ^ Mazzacane and Alonso join Gene at Minardi , grandprix.com, February 21, 2000; Accessed April 20, 2019
- ^ A b c d Paul Stoddart: Fernando Alonso was the "quiet achiever" , formel1.de of March 4, 2016; Accessed April 20, 2019
- ^ "Australian Grand Prix 2001 - starting grid" ( Memento from June 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on November 18, 2011)
- ↑ This achievement, achieved in a car designed and built in six weeks, earned Minardi great respect in the pit lane. The specialist magazine Motorsport aktuell spoke of "Brunner on Mount Everest" (issue 11/2001)
- ↑ "Renault's third key moment: Race in Imola" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 22, 2005)
- ↑ "Imola: Schumacher wins gigantic duel against Alonso" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 23, 2006)
- ^ "Alonso in wait position" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 10, 2008)
- ↑ "Big disappointment at Renault" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 27, 2008)
- ↑ "Great triumph for the Renault team" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 28, 2008)
- ^ "U-turn in the crash scandal" ( Memento from September 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (Süddeutsche.de on September 16, 2009)
- ^ "'With ascending form to the Hungarian GP'" (Autonews-123.de on July 20, 2009)
- ↑ "Petrol pump paralyzes Alonso" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 26, 2009)
- ↑ "Caubet: Renault will miss Fernando '" (Motorsport-Total.com 27 September 2009)
- ^ "Officially: Alonso for three years at Ferrari" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 30, 2009)
- ↑ "Alonso with an unbelievable race to catch up" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 16, 2010)
- ↑ "Ferrari disappoints: bitter aftertaste" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 27, 2010)
- ↑ "Ferrari feels cursed" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 11, 2010)
- ^ "After stable order: $ 100,000 fine for Ferrari!" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 25, 2010)
- ↑ "20-second penalties for Alonso and Hamilton" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 10, 2011)
- ↑ "Ferrari: Easy to breathe easy after the race" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 18, 2012)
- ↑ "Alonso: 'It was a little unhappy'". Motorsport-Total.com, May 13, 2012, accessed May 16, 2012 .
- ↑ Mario Fritzsche: "Alonso disappointed after eleventh place: 'With his back to the wall" ". Motorsport-Total.com, October 27, 2013, accessed October 27, 2013 .
- ↑ Kerstin Hasenbichler: Formula 1 - Official: Alonso with start number 14. Since 1996 my lucky number. Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 10, 2014, accessed January 10, 2014 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alonso, Fernando |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alonso Díaz, Fernando |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 29, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oviedo , Spain |