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Fernando Alonso Díaz (Oviedo, Asturias; July 29, 1981) is a Spanish racing driver, awarded the Prince of Asturias Award in 2005. He has won the Formula 1 World Championship twice in 2005 and 2006 with the Renault team, it turned out. runner-up in 2010, 2012 and 2013 with the Ferrari team, and obtained third place in 2007 with McLaren. He was champion of the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship in 2019, the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2018 and 2019, the 2019 24 Hours of Daytona and the World Karting Championship in 1996
In his career he has competed for the Minardi, Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, Alpine and Aston Martin teams in Formula 1, with the Maranello team being his team from 2010 to 2014, where he achieved three runners-up finishes and a Grand Chelem. He left Ferrari and in 2015 returned to McLaren-Honda until retiring in 2018. After two years out of the category, in 2021 he returned with the Alpine team, part of the Renault family, with which he won his two championships. Since 2023 he has been part of the Aston Martin team, replacing Sebastian Vettel.
In addition to competing in the top category, he has driven in the 2017, 2019 and 2020 Indianapolis 500 alongside McLaren, leading the race and being elected rookie of the year in his first participation, in the 2018 24 Hours of Daytona. in a Ligier for United Autosports, in the 2019 24 Hours of Daytona in a Cadillac for Wayne Taylor Racing, and in the 2018-19 World Endurance Championship and 2020 Dakar Rally for Toyota Gazoo Racing
Fernando Alonso is the driver with the most races started in the history of Formula 1: 375. He is the seventh driver with the highest number of victories in the history of the category with 32 grand prix wins and the fourth driver with the most podiums, equal with Alain Prost. :106.He is the fourth driver with the most circuits with a podium tied with Kimi Räikkönen and Max Verstappen:30.He is, together with Max Verstappen, the driver who has converted the most different starting positions into victories:9.Among his victories are three in the Malaysian Grand Prix, three in the German Grand Prix, three in the European Grand Prix and three in the Bahrain Grand Prix. In 2017, he was inducted into the FIA ​​Hall of Fame. In 2019 he again entered the FIA ​​Hall of Fame, this time as WEC champion, becoming the first driver in history to be a member of the Hall. of Fame twice for belonging to the list of champions of two different FIA world categories
Along with Alfonso de Portago, Pedro de la Rosa and Carlos Sainz Jr., he is one of the four Spaniards who have reached the podium in Formula 1, being, together with the latter, the only ones who have achieved victories. He is also the only driver in history to debut with three different teams, obtaining a podium, McLaren, Scuderia Ferrari and Aston Martin, and one of the four drivers who have debuted at Ferrari with victory in the first race (along with Mario Andretti , Nigel Mansell and Kimi Räikkönen)
Fernando Alonso Díaz began his career in the motor world at a very young age watching his childhood idol Ayrton Senna. It was then that his father gave him a kart that he himself had built for his daughter at first, although she did not like it. He was interested in the vehicle because it was Rotax and that is why it ended up in Fernando's hands when he was only 3 years old. That year he won his first race and began training after school classes with his father, who served as manager and mechanic. A year later it obtained the official license from the Royal Spanish Automobile Federation.
In 1988, at the age of seven, he obtained his first title in an official competition, the Asturias children's championship, winning the eight races of which the event consisted. A year later, in 1989, he was once again proclaimed kart champion of Asturias and Galicia.
Due to the changes in category, the family could not take care of the expenses that the races entailed. Near abandonment, the kart importer Genís Marcó took charge of the financing: he provided the karts, looked for sponsors or acted as such himself, saving the sporting career of Fernando Alonso. In 1991 he was proclaimed champion of Asturias and the Basque Country in category cadets, reaching the runner-up position in Spain even without participating in all the races. He was champion of Spain in 1993 and 1994 as a junior, which allowed him to compete in the World Championship the following year, with a scholarship from the Royal Spanish Automobile Federation. In this championship he placed third
In 1996 he was proclaimed champion of Spain, of the Italian Summer Trophy, of the Marlboro Grand Prix and of the Junior World Championship. The following year, he won the championships of Spain, Italy and Europe in the International A category. In 1998 he won again the Spanish championship, the Paris-Bercy Trophy, the Italian Industry championship and the Open Ford
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