Find everything in one place on Fernando Alonso including their biography, latest news and updates, high resolution photos, high quality videos and expert analysis
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.
Born 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.
The performances were enough to convince new Minardi F1 team boss Paul Stoddart to promote Alonso to a race seat for 2001. 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 2005 and 2006.
A third win in Germany swelled his advantage at the top to 34 points at the midway stage in the year, but when Red Bull stepped up its game in the second half of the year, a renewed fightback from Vettel saw reclaim the championship advantage. However, Alonso’s form revitalised in the second-half of the year, with four wins during the reigniting his title aspirations. They helped propel him to the top of the standings coming into the Abu Dhabi finale, setting up a four-way title showdown between himself, Mark Webber, Sebastian Vettel and Hamilton.
However, as one of the teams that didn’t develop a double diffuser - unlike the superior entries from Brawn, Red Bull and Toyota - Renault and Alonso descended into the midfield battle for much of the year. His Singapore success was not without controversy though when a safety car period - prompted by a spin for team-mate Nelson Piquet Jr - shortly after a pitstop, leapfrogged him to the front of the field, ahead of those that hadn’t stopped.
Coupled to a third podium of the year in the Brazilian finale, it lifted Alonso to a more rewarding fifth place in the overall standings.Replacing the Ferrari-bound Kimi Raikkonen, Alonso was once again placed in direct competition with the Finn in his attempt to become only the eighth driver to win titles with two different teams.
The incident led to an angry feud developing between Alonso and a furious McLaren team boss Ron Dennis. The exchanges proved critical towards the team’s ongoing ‘Spygate’ scandal, which alleged McLaren employee Mike Coghlan had been in contact with Ferrari’s Nigel Stepney with regards to the theft of intellectual property.
By the mid-point in the season, Alonso held a comfortable 25 point advantage over Michael Schumacher but trouble was brewing behind the scenes as the FIA moved to outlaw tuned mass dampers. Though used by many teams, the technology was particularly integral to the Renault R26’s design, with its ban hurting the French manufacturer more than others.
It led to a changing of the guard at the front of the field with Alonso leading the way early on with three wins from the opening four races to emerge as the early title favourite. In doing so, Alonso became the youngest driver to win an F1 world championship since Emerson Fittipaldi, while it marked Renault’s first F1 title as a constructor too.In what would prove a devastatingly dominant campaign for Ferrari, though Alonso’s hopes were reduced to a maximum target of third place behind Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello, he nonetheless continued to shine in 2004.
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