Alonso then went on to race for Ferrari between 20. He’d go on to race with McLaren for a single controversial season in 2007, before making a return to Renault after a fallout at the Woking-based team. After coming under the management of Flavio Briatore, his influence would see Alonso receive his big chance with the French firm in 2003, leading to his back-to-back world titles in 20. The performances were enough to convince new Minardi F1 team boss Paul Stoddart to promote Alonso to a race seat for 2001.
Scoring his first podium with a run to second in Hungary, he concluded his campaign with a win at Spa to secure fourth overall. In a field comprising other future F1 stars, such as Mark Webber, Sebastien Bourdais and Justin Wilson, Alonso put a character building start to the year behind him to emerge as arguably the fastest in the field by the end.
It earned him an deal to race in the F1-supporting International Formula 3000 championship with the Minardi F1 team-affiliated Astromega outfit, an agreement that led to Alonso being nominated as Minardi’s test and reserve driver for the 2000 F1 season. Regarded as one of the greatest drivers of all-time, two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso’s career spans three decades at the top level.Ī driver idolised by fans for his skills behind the wheel, coveted by teams for his sheer experience yet at times divisive in the paddock for his outspoken attitude, Alonso has carved himself a reputation both on and off-track as one of F1’s enduring legends.Įarning credit as the driver to end Michael Schumacher and Ferrari’s five-year reign of dominance, Alonso swept to the first of his back-to-back F1 titles with Renault in 2005.Īmong Alonso’s many statistical highlights, he remains the fourth youngest F1 race winner (22 years, 26 days) and his 32 career victories places him seventh on the all-time list of race winners.īorn into a working class family in the Spanish city of Oviedo, Alonso began karting from the age of three and quickly showed talent, notching up a series of domestic accolades to catch the eye of an importer, who took him under his wing to secure him sponsorship for a move onto the international stage.įinishing third in the 1995 CIK-FIA Cadets Rainbow Trophy, while working as a mechanic to help fund his own campaign, Alonso received his first taste of open-wheel racing in 1999 with an entry into the Spanish-based Euro Open by Nissan series, going on to stun the paddock by clinching the title aged only 17.
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