RACING DRIVER

Fernando Alonso

1981 - Today

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Fernando Alonso Díaz (Spanish pronunciation: [feɾˈnando aˈlonso ˈði.aθ] ; born 29 July 1981) is a Spanish racing driver who competes in Formula One for Aston Martin. Alonso has won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in 2005 and 2006 with Renault, and has won 32 Grands Prix across 22 seasons. In endurance racing, Alonso won the 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship and is a two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Toyota, and remains the only driver to have won both the Formula One World Drivers' Championship and the World Sportscar/World Endurance Drivers' Championship; he also won the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2019 with WTR. Born and raised in Oviedo to a working-class family, Alonso began kart racing aged three and won several regional, national and continental titles. He progressed to junior formulae aged 17, winning the Euro Open by Nissan in 1999 before finishing fourth in International Formula 3000. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fernando Alonso is the 31st most popular racing driver (up from 34th in 2019), the 258th most popular biography from Spain (up from 284th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Racing Driver.

Fernando Alonso is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and a two-time World Champion who is currently racing for McLaren. He is the youngest driver to win a Formula One World Championship, which he achieved at the age of 24 years and 58 days.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Fernando Alonso ranks 31 out of 1,080. Before him are Helmut Marko, Clay Regazzoni, Giacomo Agostini, Mario Andretti, Alfonso de Portago, and Carroll Shelby. After him are Carlos Reutemann, John Surtees, Gerhard Berger, Mika Häkkinen, Mike Hawthorn, and Jochen Mass.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Fernando Alonso ranks 7. Before him are Beyoncé, Ivanka Trump, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Xabi Alonso, and Roger Federer. After him are Takashi Furukawa, Natalie Portman, Iker Casillas, Alicia Keys, Samuel Eto'o, and Britney Spears.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Fernando Alonso ranks 258 out of 3,355. Before him are Joanna la Beltraneja (1462), Jesús Franco (1930), Joseph of Anchieta (1534), Juan Díaz de Solís (1470), Pompeia Plotina (65), and Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (1626). After him are Fernando Rey (1917), Muhammad I of Granada (1194), Antonio Machado (1875), George Santayana (1863), Infante Carlos, Count of Molina (1788), and Ibn Zuhr (1091).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Spain

Among racing drivers born in Spain, Fernando Alonso ranks 1. After him are Carlos Sainz (1962), Ángel Nieto (1947), Carlos Sainz Jr. (1994), Pedro de la Rosa (1971), Marc Márquez (1993), Emilio de Villota (1946), Alex Soler-Roig (1931), Paco Godia (1921), Adrián Campos (1960), Jorge Lorenzo (1987), and Sito Pons (1959).

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