Fernando Alonso is a Spanish Formula 1 driver racing under the Spanish flag for the Aston Martin Formula 1 team. He was born on July 29, 1987, in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain. Fernando Alonso is the youngest son of Jose Luis Alonso and Ana Diaz. He has an older sister named, Lorena, who works as a doctor. The Formula 1 journey for Alonso started at an early age. His father built a racing kart for her sister, but Alonso was keen to play with it. Later, the local racing authority granted Alonso his first-ever driving license at age five.
After getting the license, Alonso tasted his first success in racing at age seven when he won the kart race in Pola de Laviana. With his skills and talent, he won the 1988 and 1989 junior championship titles in Asturias and Galicia. His performances in the karting championship were good and at 17 years of age, Fernando Alonso made his way through the 1999 Euro Cup series by Nissan. At 18, he made his international racing debut in Formula 1 for the Mirandi F1 team for the 2001 season.
What nationality is Fearnando?
Fernando Alonso is a Spanish Formula 1 driver born in northern Spain. His father worked as a mechanic in a mine shaft explosive factory and his mother was a store employee. Both his parents are from Spain, so he accepted the Spanish nationality. Alonso has spent most of his childhood days in Spain.
In 20 years of his F1 career, Fernando Alonso drove for the best teams on the grid. He has driven for the Mirandi, Renault, Ferrari, McLaren, Alpine, and now for the Aston Martin Formula 1 team. In 2005, he won his first-ever Formula 1 World Championship driver’s title, making him the youngest driver to win a driver’s title. Later on, the following year, he became the youngest back-to-back World Championship winner in F1. Fernando Alonso is Spain’s first World Champion driver in the history of Formula 1, and his rise in the motorsport has been an inspiring journey of pride for his home region.
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Fernando Alonso has won two consecutive Formula 1 World Championships from 2005-2006
Fernando Alonso made his F1 debut in 2001 with the Mirandi F1 Team
Fernando Alonso is 43 years old as of March 2025
Fernando Alonso has won 32 races in Formula 1
