Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso Daz (born 29 July 1981 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain

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) is a Spanish Formula
One racing driver and a two-time World Champion who is currently racing for Scuderia Ferrari.
Alonso started in karting from the age of 3. He won three consecutive karting championships in
Spain from 1994 to 1997, and he became world karting champion in 1996. He made his Formula
One debut in the 2001 season with Minardi, and then moved to theRenault as a test driver
the next year. Starting in 2003 Alonso then became one of the main drivers of the team. On 25
September 2005, he won the Formula One World Driver's Championship title at the age of 24
years and 58 days, at the time making him the youngest Formula One World Drivers' Champion.
After retaining the title the following year, Alonso also became the youngest double Champion at
the time. He joined McLaren in 2007, before returning to Renault for two seasons
in 2008 and 2009, and in2010, he joined Scuderia Ferrari.
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Nicknamed El Nano, a typical pseudonym for Fernando in Asturias, his place of birth, Alonso
acts as a Goodwill Ambassador forUNICEF.
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Alonso also had become the youngest driver to win
a pole position and Grand Prix respectively in the 2003 Malaysian Grand Prix and the 2003
Hungarian Grand Prix,
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before both records were broken by Sebastian Vettel in the 2008 Italian
Grand Prix.
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With his fourth place finish in the 2013 Japanese Grand Prix, scoring his 1,571st
career point, Alonso took over the recordfor most championship points in his career.