Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso Daz audio (born 29

July 1981) is a Spanish Formula One
racing driver and a double World
Champion who is currently racing for
McLaren-Honda.[2] He is often regarded as
one of the greatest Formula One drivers in
the history of the sport.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] He
took part in the 2017 Indianapolis 500.[11]
Fernando Alonso
Alonso in 2016
Born Fernando Alonso Daz

29 July 1981
Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality Spanish
2017 team McLaren-Honda[1]
Car number 14
Entries 283 (281 starts)
Championships 2 (2005, 2006)

Wins 32
Podiums 97
Career points 1,834
Pole positions 22
Fastest laps 22
First entry 2001 Australian Grand Prix
First win 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix
Last win 2013 Spanish Grand Prix
Last entry 2017 British Grand Prix
2016 position 10th (54 pts)
IndyCar Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Team(s) No. 29 (McLaren-Honda-

Andretti)
First race 2017 Indianapolis 500
(Indianapolis)
Last race 2017 Indianapolis 500

(Indianapolis)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 0 0
Born in Oviedo, the capital of the

autonomous region of Asturias, 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 the Renault
team 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 Drivers' 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.
For the 2010 season, he joined Scuderia
Ferrari.[12][13] Although Alonso did not
reach his goal of winning a third title while
at Ferrari he managed to nish runner up
on three occasions (2010, 2012 and 2013)
as well as winning eleven Grands Prix with
the team and clearly beating his
teammates for points in all ve seasons.
His strongest title challenges were in 2010
and 2012, nishing both seasons just
adrift of title winner Sebastian Vettel. He
left Ferrari at the end of the 2014 season,
two years prior to the original expiry of his
contract.[14]
Nicknamed El Nano, a typical pseudonym
for Fernando in Asturias, his place of birth,
Alonso acts as a Goodwill Ambassador
for UNICEF.[15] 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,[16][17] before both
records were broken by Sebastian Vettel
in the 2008 Italian Grand Prix.[18] With his
fourth-place nish in the 2013 Japanese
Grand Prix, scoring his 1,571st career
point, Alonso took over the record for
most championship points in his career.
However, the record has once again been
broken by Sebastian Vettel at the 2015
Italian Grand Prix. As of May 2017, Alonso
is the only Spanish driver to have won a
Formula One Grand Prix and is the driver
with the sixth highest number of Grand
Prix wins, with 32.[19]
Personal and early life
Alonso's signature
Fernando Alonso was born in Oviedo,

Asturias in northern Spain. His mother
worked in a department store and his
father was employed as a mechanic in an
explosives factory near Oviedo.[20] Alonso
has an older sister, Lorena. Alonso's father
Jos Luis, an amateur kart racer, wanted
to pass on his passion to his children. He
built a kart, originally meant for eight-year-
old Lorena, but unlike her three-year-old
brother, she showed no interest in the
sport.[20]
Alonso attended the Holy Guardian Angel

Primary School in Oviedo until he was 14
when he later attended the Institute
Leopoldo Alas Clarn of San Lazaro. He
dropped out in 2000 as his commitment to
motor racing prevented him from further
studying.[21]
Since winning his rst world

championship in 2005, Alonso became an
ambassor of the University of Oxford, to
promote the new eld of study of
Motorsport of Business for Social Science
nancing 12 students from all parts of the
world.[22]
Alonso and his former wife, Raquel del Rosario.
Alonso lived in Oxford, England until he

moved his residence to Switzerland in
2006. Alonso owned a house in Mont-sur-
Rolle, near Lake Geneva from 2006 to
2010, and in February 2010 he moved
house to Lugano in order to be closer to
his new Formula One employer Ferrari. It
is highly common for Formula One stars
to take up residence in Switzerland to
reduce their tax bills. In the winter of
201011, Alonso moved back to Oviedo in
order to be closer to friends and family,
costing him an estimated 50million in
tax.[23]
Alonso married Raquel del Rosario, lead

singer of Spanish pop band El Sueo de
Morfeo,[24] on 17 November 2006.[25] They
announced their intention to divorce in
December 2011.[26] In mid-2012, Alonso
started dating Russian model Dasha
Kapustina.[27] The couple split in 2014.[28]
Since early 2015, Alonso has been dating
Spanish journalist Lara lvarez.[29]
Alonso is a supporter of the football

teams Real Madrid and Real Oviedo.[30]
In addition to Spanish, he speaks English,
Italian and French.[31]
Alonso has a tattoo of an ancient samurai

on his back. He revealed that the tattoo
showed strength in his muscles,
intelligence and force of will with
inspiration from the Hagakure, the
spiritual guide written by Yamamoto
Tsunetomo in the 18th century.[32][33][34]
He currently lives in Dubai.[35]
Early career

Alonso's rst kart
As a child, Alonso participated in karting

competitions around Spain, supported by
his father, who also doubled as his
mechanic. His family lacked the nancial
resources needed to develop a career in
motorsport, but his victories attracted
sponsorship and the required funds.
Alonso has attributed his ability to adapt
his driving style to different conditions to
his karting career: having started racing at
the age of three, he tended to be "four or
ve years younger" than his competitors,
and had to cope with the challenges of
racing at that age: "you can't reach the
pedals, you can't reach the steering wheel,
you don't have strength to turn the
steering wheel". In addition his parents
were unable to afford wet weather racing
tyres, forcing him to learn to control his
kart on slicks in rainy conditions.[36]
Alonso won four Spanish championships
back-to-back in the junior category,
between 1993 and 1996 and the Junior
World Cup in 1996. He won the Spanish
and Italian Inter-A titles in 1997 and in
1998 won the Spanish Inter-A title again
as well as nishing second in the
European Championship.[37]
Former Minardi F1 driver Adrin Campos

gave Alonso his rst test in a race car in
October 1998. After three days of testing
at the Albacete circuit, Alonso had
matched the lap times of Campos'
previous driver Marc Gen.[38] Campos
signed Alonso to race for him in the 1999
Spanish Euro Open MoviStar by Nissan
series.[39] In his second race, again at
Albacete, Alonso won for the rst time. He
took the championship by one point from
championship rival Manuel Giao by
winning and setting fastest lap at the last
race of the season. Alonso also tested for
the Minardi Formula One team, lapping 1.5
seconds faster than the other drivers at
the test.[39]
The following season Alonso moved up to

Formula 3000, which was often the nal
step for drivers before ascending to
Formula One. Alonso joined Team
Astromega and was the youngest driver in
the series that year by eleven months.[39]
Alonso did not score a point until the
seventh race of the year, but in the nal
two rounds he took a second place and a
victory, enough for him to end the season
fourth overall behind Bruno Junqueira,
Nicolas Minassian and Mark Webber.[39]
Formula One career

Minardi (2001)
Alonso made his Formula One dbut with Minardi in

2001.
Alonso was the third-youngest driver ever

to start a Formula One race when he made
his debut with Minardi at the Australian
Grand Prix. The team was in its rst
season under the control of new owner
Paul Stoddart and their new car, the PS01,
was neither fast nor reliable. However
Alonso's qualifying performance was
good, outqualifying teammate Tarso
Marques by 2.6 seconds on dbut. At the
fourth round at Imola he outqualied both
Benettons, a feat he repeated later in the
season.[39]
Notable performances over the season

earned him some attention from the faster
teams. It was reported in September 2001
by some of the European press that
Sauber were looking to replace outgoing
Kimi Rikknen with Alonso although he
was facing competition for the seat from
Felipe Massa and then Jaguar test driver
Andr Lotterer.[40] A month later it was
conrmed that Massa was going to take
the vacant Sauber seat for 2002.[41]
In September, his manager Flavio Briatore

had begun planning to place Alonso at
Benetton. Briatore considered promoting
Alonso for 2002, in place of his race driver
Jenson Button, but instead chose to take
Alonso on as Renault test driver for
2002.[39] At the nal round of the season
at Suzuka he nished eleventhve
places outside the points but ahead of
Heinz-Harald Frentzen's Prost, the BAR of
Olivier Panis, the two Arrows and his
teammate Alex Yoong.[39] Four years later,
his team boss from the Minardi days, Paul
Stoddart, described his race as "53 laps of
qualifying".[42] He scored no points in the
season and nished between his
teammates Marques and Yoong in the
standings; his best nish being tenth at
the German Grand Prix.
Renault (20032006)
2003
Alonso driving for Renault at the 2004 United States

Grand Prix
Alonso became test driver for Renault in

2002 Renault having taken over the
Benetton team and did 1,642 laps of
testing that year. In 2003 Briatore dropped
Button and put Alonso in the second seat
alongside Jarno Trulli.[39] Briatore was
criticised by the British media for the
decision, but technical director Mike
Gascoyne later insisted to F1 Racing that
the decision was correct, since the team
had been impressed with Alonso's work
rate and talent during his season as test
driver. Alonso tested with the Jaguar team
in May 2002 and completed 51 laps of the
Silverstone Circuit.[43]
Alonso became the youngest driver to

achieve a Formula One pole position at
the Malaysian Grand Prix. Alonso had a
180mph crash at the Brazilian Grand Prix,
the result of missing the double yellow
flags and safety car boards brought out by
Mark Webber's earlier crash and colliding
with the debris.[44] The race was red-
flagged. He nished second at his home
grand prix two races later, and at the time
became the youngest driver to win a
Formula One race at the Hungarian Grand
Prix. He nished the year sixth in the
championship, with 55 points and four
podiums.
2004
Alonso remained with Renault for the

2004 season, scoring podiums in
Australia, France, Germany and Hungary.
At Indianapolis he suffered a high-speed
accident while running in third place after
a tyre deflated. In France he took pole
position and nished second, running
Michael Schumacher close for victory.
Towards the end of the year teammate
Jarno Trulli's results deteriorated and he
was replaced for the nal three races of
the season by former world champion
Jacques Villeneuve. Alonso ended the
year fourth in the championship standings
with 59 points.
2005
Alonso defended his lead from Michael Schumacher for

the last thirteen laps, to take victory in the 2005 San
Marino Grand Prix.
For the 2005 season, Alonso was joined at

Renault by Italian driver Giancarlo
Fisichella. At the rst race in Australia
Alonso started near the back due to rain in
qualifying but fought his way to third.[45]
He won the next two races in Malaysia
and Bahrain from pole position, and took a
third win in the San Marino Grand Prix
after a 13-lap battle with Michael
Schumacher.[46] Alonso would much later
reveal that he won the San Marino Grand
Prix with a crippled engine, which Renault
discovered after qualifying and decided
would probably last the race if they
treated it differently, rather than receive a
10 place grid penalty for an engine
change.[47]

Alonso battling with Kimi Rikknen at the 2005 British

Grand Prix
McLaren's improving form saw Rikknen

win in Spain and Monaco while Alonso
nished second and fourth, respectively.
Rikknen was on course to win the
European Grand Prix at the Nrburgring
when his car's front-right suspension
failed due to a flat spot on the tyre
caused by Rikknen locking his wheels
under braking while passing Jacques
Villeneuve on the last lap, giving victory
to Alonso. Alonso failed to score in the
Canadian and United States Grands Prix.
He crashed out of the former, and in the
latter all the Michelin runners withdrew
due to safety concerns over their tyres.
Alonso took his third pole position and
fth win at the French Grand Prix. He
followed this with pole position a week
later at the British Grand Prix, where he
nished second behind Montoya.
McLaren's Kimi Rikknen led the German
Grand Prix until his car's hydraulics failed.
Alonso went on to win the race.
Alonso qualied sixth in the Hungarian

Grand Prix but nished 11th after a
collision with the Toyota of Ralf
Schumacher. As the season entered its
nal stages Alonso nished second in
three consecutive races, collecting vital
championship points. Rikknen won in
Turkey and Belgium, but was fourth at
Monza after engine trouble in qualifying,
meaning Alonso's lead had been reduced
by only one point.
Alonso sealed the title by nishing third in

Brazil while Montoya won from
Rikknen. Alonso became the youngest
Drivers' Champion at the age of 24 years
and 59 days old, breaking Emerson
Fittipaldi's record. He also ended the ve-
year dominance of Michael
Schumacher.[48]
Commenting on his victory, he said: "I just

want to dedicate this championship to my
family, and all my close friends who have
supported me through my career. Spain is
not a country with an F1 culture, and we
had to ght alone, every step of the way, to
make this happen. A huge thank-you
should also go to the team as well they
are the best in Formula One, and we have
done this together. It will say that I am
world champion, but we are all
champions and they deserve this." In the
May 2007 issue of F1 Racing, Alonso said
that the 2005 Brazilian Grand Prix was his
greatest race. He said, "It was a dream
come true and a very emotional day. In the
last few laps I leaped, thinking I could hear
noises from the engine- from everywhere!
But all was okay and I can remember my
relief when I crossed the nish line."
The Japanese and Chinese Grands Prix

saw Alonso and Renault abandon the
conservative style evident in Brazil when
he was still chasing the drivers' title.
Starting from 16th on the grid, he
eventually nished third behind Rikknen
and Fisichella. The Chinese Grand Prix
saw Renault and Alonso win to claim the
rst Constructors' Championship for the
Renault F1 team.
In 2005, he was awarded the Prince of

Asturias Award for Sports.[49]
2006
Alonso won the rst race of the 2006

season in Bahrain, overtaking Michael
Schumacher after coming out of the pit
lane with 18 laps left, after starting fourth.
He qualied seventh at the Malaysian
Grand Prix due to a fuelling error[50][51] but
nished second to teammate Giancarlo
Fisichella. He won the Australian Grand
Prix after overtaking leader Jenson
Button's Honda.
Alonso took pole position and victory at the 2006

Monaco Grand Prix.
After poor qualifying at San Marino,

Alonso was unable to pass Michael
Schumacher in an encounter that echoed
their battle the previous year. Schumacher
beat Alonso again in the European Grand
Prix after Alonso started on pole, but
Alonso hit back, becoming the rst
Spaniard to win the Spanish Grand Prix.
Alonso took pole position for the Monaco
Grand Prix after Schumacher was
penalised by the stewards for "deliberately
[stopping] his car on the circuit in the last
few minutes of qualifying", denying his
rivals, Alonso included, the opportunity of
recording fastest qualifying lap.[52] Alonso
won the race.
Alonso battling with Michael Schumacher at the 2006

United States Grand Prix
He extended his winning streak to four
races with victories in Britain and Canada.
Both wins came from pole position, and
the British round was his rst win, pole
and fastest lap hat trick. He also became
the rst driver in history to nish rst or
second in the rst nine races of the
season, a record equalled by Sebastian
Vettel in 2011. Schumacher's ght back
began at Indianapolis where the German
won and Alonso was fth. Schumacher
won the French Grand Prix, with Alonso in
second, and Alonso was fth in the
German Grand Prix.[53] That cut Alonso's
championship lead to 11 points.
Alonso incurred a penalty for an infraction
in practice at the Hungarian Grand Prix
which left him 15th on the grid.[54]
Schumacher started 11th after receiving a
similar penalty.[55] Alonso looked set for
an unlikely win as he overtook most of the
eld, including Schumacher around the
outside of turn ve, as he showed
prowess in the wet conditions, but he
crashed out of the race when a wheel nut
fell off his car following a pit stop.
Schumacher scored one point after Robert
Kubica was disqualied.[56]
Alonso nished second in Turkey, holding

back third-placed Schumacher to claim
two vital points, but he lost a lot of ground
after a controversial Italian Grand Prix. He
suffered a puncture during qualifying that
damaged bodywork at the back of his car.
He qualied fth but was later punished[57]
by the stewards for impeding Felipe
Massa's Ferrari,[58] and he started the race
from tenth. In the race he rose to third
place before an engine failure forced him
to retire. Schumacher won the Grand Prix
and cut Alonso's Championship lead to
two points.
At the following round in China, Alonso

took pole position during a wet qualifying
session but nished second to
Schumacher in the race. The result tied
Alonso and Schumacher on points in the
drivers championship. At the Japanese
Grand Prix, the Ferraris of Schumacher
and Massa qualied rst and second,
more than half a second faster than the
Renaults in fth and sixth. But during the
race Alonso rose to second and took the
win after Schumacher's engine failed. It
gave him a ten-point advantage over
Schumacher, needing only one point from
the nal round to retain the title. Second
place in the Brazilian Grand Prix on 22
October gave Alonso the championship.
With Schumacher nishing fourth, the
nal difference was 13 points. Alonso
thus became the youngest double
champion in the sport's history. Renault
also clinched the Constructors'
Championship with a 5-point gap over
Ferrari.
McLaren (2007)
Alonso at the 2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, his rst

victory for McLaren

Alonso nished second in the 2007 British Grand Prix

behind race winner Kimi Rikknen.
On 19 December 2005, Alonso announced

that he would be moving to McLaren for
2007.[59] His contract with Renault was set
to expire on 31 December 2006. However,
on 15 December 2006, Alonso was
allowed by Flavio Briatore and the Renault
F1 Team to test for one day for McLaren
at Jerez, as a result of his successes with
Renault. Driving an unbranded MP4-21
and wearing a plain white helmet and
overalls, Alonso completed 95 laps.[60]
Lewis Hamilton was chosen as his partner
for the season. McLaren were reported to
be paying Alonso US$39,000,000
(equivalent to about $45,050,000 in 2016)
in 2007. Alonso debuted with the new
McLaren car on 15 January 2007, in the
streets of Valencia.
On 8 April 2007 in his second race for the

team, Alonso secured his rst win for
McLaren, and the team's rst since 2005,
by leading the majority of the Malaysian
Grand Prix. A difcult drive at Bahrain's
Sakhir circuit a week later, saw him
nishing fth behind his rookie teammate
who took a podium nish. In the fourth
race of the year in Spain, his home grand
prix, he qualied second, but suffered a
rst lap collision with Felipe Massa which
caused some damage to his car and
dropped him to fourth, before nishing
third. On 27 May, Alonso secured his
second victory for McLaren at Monaco,
scoring pole position, fastest lap and the
race win and in the process lapping the
entire eld up to 3rd position. At the
Nrburgring he took his third win of the
year in a dramatic race affected by
intermittent rain showers, overtaking
Massa for the lead with just four laps
remaining. After the controversy at the
Hungarian Grand Prix (see below),
however, relations between Alonso and his
team declined. It was reported in the
media that he was no longer on speaking
terms with Hamilton,[61] and it was
speculated that he might leave McLaren at
the end of the season.[62] On 7 August
2007 The Times reported that McLaren
would let Alonso leave the team at the end
of the season if he wished, two years
earlier than his contract allowed.[63]
Alonso went on to nish third in the
drivers' championship, level on points with
teammate Hamilton and just one point
behind World Champion Kimi Rikknen,
the closest 123 in WDC history.
As part of the espionage controversy
between McLaren and Ferrari, the former
were found guilty of breaching the Article
151c of the FIA's sporting regulations but
went unpunished due to a lack of
evidence. However, following the
acquisition of new evidence by the FIA, a
new hearing was held on 13 September.
The new evidence consisted largely of
email trafc between Alonso and test
driver Pedro de la Rosa.[64] The FIA's
World Motor Sport Council report
following the hearing stated that Alonso
and de la Rosa had obtained and used
condential Ferrari technical data and
sporting strategy information from senior
McLaren engineer Mike Coughlan via
Ferrari employee Nigel Stepney, including
during test sessions. Both drivers were
spared sanctions in exchange for
providing evidence.
On 2 November 2007, after a turbulent

year with McLaren, it was announced that
McLaren and Alonso had mutually agreed
to terminate his contract and that he
would be free to join any team for 2008
without paying McLaren any
compensation.[65]
Return to Renault (20082009)
2008

Alonso testing for Renault in January 2008
Alonso was linked with several teams for

the 2008 season after his split with
McLaren. Renault, Red Bull, Toyota and
Honda were all suggested in the media.
Renault's Flavio Briatore stated that he
would welcome Alonso's return to the
French team. On 10 December 2007,
Alonso signed a two-year contract to drive
for Renault alongside Brazilian driver
Nelson Piquet Jr. for around
25million.[66][67]
In the rst two rounds of the 2008 season,

the Renault was not as competitive as it
had previously been. Alonso nished
fourth and eighth in Australia and
Malaysia respectively, fuelling rumours
that Alonso would leave the team because
he was disappointed with his Renault and
was either moving to BMW Sauber, Honda
or Toyota. BMW boss Mario Theissen was
keen to get Alonso to replace Nick
Heidfeld in order to get the team their rst
win. Honda rumours started when Alonso
said in an interview that he felt there was
something about Honda and he wanted to
drive for them in 2009 and switching to
Ferrari in 2010. Toyota said they were
eager to give a top driver their seat. But
the most likely place that Alonso would go
was to replace Felipe Massa at Ferrari in
2009, especially in light of the general
belief that there was an "out clause" in
Fernando Alonso's contract with Renault
which would give him the freedom to
move to another team for the next season
should he be able to secure a deal.
However Ferrari president Luca Cordero di
Montezemolo stated that Massa's seat in
the team was secure and would stay that
way until the end of his contract in
2010.[68] Rikknen was also given a two-
year contract extension to partner Massa
until the end of 2010,[69] essentially
closing the door on Alonso for a possible
move to Ferrari. In 2008, Alonso denied
the "out clause" rumour.
In the Bahrain Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton

ran into the back of Alonso's Renault,
heavily damaging the rear wing of
Alonso's car, as well as his own nosecone.
Stewards did not seek to investigate the
incident but critics alleged he braked (or
did not accelerate as expected) in front of
Hamilton causing Hamilton to crash into
him.[70] The telemetry data from Alonso's
car proved these accusations to be
wrong.[71] Hamilton himself stated "I was
behind him, and I moved to the right, and
he moved to the right and that was it a
racing incident I guess".[72] It was later
revealed by McLaren that Hamilton's front
wing, which was damaged when he hit
Alonso earlier in the race, had broken
seconds before the impact and has been
identied as the cause of the crash.
Alonso started the Spanish Grand Prix
with promising pace, qualifying on the
front row in second place behind Kimi
Rikknen even though he had a light fuel
load. He was running in fth place when
his engine blew on lap 35. He praised his
team after nishing sixth in the Turkish
Grand Prix, as he was behind the more
competitive BMW cars at the end, and
said that the result "conrms the progress
we have made, and is thanks to the hard
work of everyone in the team".
Alonso driving for Renault at the 2008 Belgian Grand

Prix
Alonso failed to score in the next two

races, nishing tenth at the Monaco Grand
Prix, after puncturing a tyre against the
barrier and a collision with Nick Heidfeld
and retiring from the Canadian Grand Prix
after crashing into the wall on lap 45,
having qualied fourth. Alonso had been
keeping pace with the BMW Saubers, who
would eventually go on to record their
maiden win with Robert Kubica after
pitlane dramas plagued both Ferrari and
McLaren. In France, Alonso qualied
behind the two Ferraris in third, aided by
Lewis Hamilton's grid penalty for the pit-
lane accident in Canada. However, he was
on a light fuel load, and his task was made
much harder by being beaten by the
slower Toyota of Jarno Trulli at the start.
He then faded back to seventh and
towards the end of the race while catching
Mark Webber's Red Bull he ran wide at the
Adelaide hairpin and slipped behind
teammate Piquet, Jr. to nish eighth.
Alonso nished sixth at Silverstone,
saying that he had used up all of his
available tyres for the unpredictable wet
conditions, and that by using practically
slick tyres towards the end, he lost a lot of
time in certain places on the track.
Despite qualifying fth at the German
Grand Prix, he nished in eleventh after
spinning off whilst battling with the
Williams of Nico Rosberg. In the
Hungarian Grand Prix, he nished in
fourth place having started seventh, aided
by Lewis Hamilton's early puncture and
Felipe Massa's engine failing in the
closing stages.
In the European Grand Prix, Alonso

performed strongly in all three practice
sessions and the rst round of qualifying.
However, he failed to make it through the
second round of qualifying, starting 12th.
During the opening lap of the race, Alonso
was hit by Kazuki Nakajima in the rear
wing of his car and sustained unrepairable
damage to his gearbox, and was forced to
retire from the race. In Belgium, Alonso
ran in the top ve for most of the race, but
when heavy rain fell towards the end of
the race, he gambled on pitting for wet
tyres with one lap to go. He dropped four
places, but a fast nal lap saw him reclaim
the lost spots, passing Kubica and
Sebastian Vettel at the nal corner. In the
Italian Grand Prix, Alonso achieved his
second consecutive fourth place, and
allowed Renault to equal Toyota for fourth
in the constructors standings.
Alonso took a surprise victory at the 2008 Singapore

Grand Prix.
Alonso claimed his rst victory and
podium of the season by winning the
Singapore Grand Prix. After performing
strongly in practice, a fuel pressure
problem in the second part of qualifying
forced him to park the car, causing him to
qualify 15th. In the race he started with a
light fuel load on soft tyres, and pitted
early when he realised that this would not
be successful. However, teammate Piquet
crashed bringing out the safety car, which
eliminated the lead of the frontrunners.
When they pitted after the pit lane was
reopened, they rejoined behind those who
had already stopped. This moved Alonso
up among top six, and he ultimately won
the race, earning the 20th win and 50th
podium of his career. In September 2009,
after being dropped by Renault, Piquet
said that the crash had been intentional
and had been requested by Flavio Briatore
and Pat Symonds. Alonso was declared to
be innocent by the subsequent FIA
investigation.
Alonso carried his good form into the

Japanese Grand Prix, for which he
qualied fourth.[73] Running on a two stop
strategy Alonso won his second
successive race, nishing ahead of Kubica
and Rikknen. In the last 2 races in China
and Brazil, Alonso scored a fourth and a
second place respectively. In the last eight
races of the season Alonso scored 48
points, which was more than any other
driver (over the same period Massa
scored 43 points and Hamilton scored 40
points). He nished the season fth
overall with 61 points, while also enabling
Renault to nish fourth in the constructors
standings with 80 points, ahead of fth-
placed Toyota.
On 5 November, Flavio Briatore conrmed

that Renault had agreed a two-year
extension on Alonso's original contract,
ending speculation about a supposed
move to Ferrari, and a Renault contract
"out-clause".
2009
Alonso at the 2009 Turkish Grand Prix
The new Renault R29 car did not meet up

to Alonso's expectations at the start of the
year, after it performed poorly in winter
testing, despite the fact that there were no
major reliability issues. For the second
consecutive year, Nelson Piquet Jr. would
be his teammate.
In the Australian Grand Prix he avoided a

rst lap accident and beneted from the
late safety car in the closing stages,
deployed for Robert Kubica and Sebastian
Vettel's collision, to nish fth. Although
pleased to score points, he was
"disappointed" at how his KERS system
worked during the race. He did not score
points in Malaysia (eleventh) or China
(ninth, after he qualied in second),
nishing over a minute behind the race
winner on both occasions.

Alonso nished seventh in Germany
He nished eighth in the Bahrain Grand

Prix, despite struggling with a broken
drinks bottle during the race, which
resulted in him collapsing with
dehydration during a post-race TV
interview. In Spain he spent most of the
race in sixth despite an exciting battle with
Mark Webber early on, before capitalising
on Felipe Massa backing off with fuel
conservation worries on the last lap, and
going on to nish fth. In Monaco, he
beneted from the retirements of Heikki
Kovalainen and Sebastian Vettel to score
two points for seventh after a steady
performance from ninth on the grid.
He failed to score any points in Turkey, as

he was unable to keep pace with the
frontrunners, and struggled on to nish
tenth, while in Britain, he lost places at the
start, and got stuck behind Nick Heidfeld
early on. Despite some good ghts,
especially with former teammate Lewis
Hamilton, the poor pace of his car meant
he was always likely to struggle for points
and nished in 14th, two places behind
teammate Piquet. At the Nurburgring,
Alonso lost places at the rst corner,
before getting stuck in trafc. However, he
went on to nish seventh, and was
catching the two Brawn cars of Jenson
Button and Rubens Barrichello towards
the end. For the last stint, he was the
fastest man on the track, half a second
quicker than the leaders, which resulted in
the fastest lap of the race.
Alonso took his only podium of 2009 at Singapore

In Hungary, he took his only pole position
of the season (on a short fuel load), and
led for the rst stint of the race until his
retirement, when his pit-crew tted a
wheel incorrectly. After replacing the
wheel, Alonso retired with a fuel pump
problem. In Valencia, he nished in sixth
place, describing it was the best he could
do, after his team appealed successfully
over a one-race ban suspended for the
race after the pit-stop incident in Hungary.
However, his fastest race lap was slower
than new teammate Romain Grosjean,
replacing the sacked Piquet, despite
Grosjean spending most of the race
towards the back.
Alonso was forced to retire in Belgium in a
near repeat of the front tyre incident in
Hungary, although this time the tyre was
damaged after contact with Adrian Sutil's
Force India on the rst lap. This led to a
chaotic pit stop when a replacement tyre
could not be tted properly and his team
chose to retire him on safety grounds to
avoid a further sanction following the
Hungarian incident. At Monza he nished
fth, passing McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen
during the race, despite again complaining
about the car's KERS system, particularly
after getting away from the grid poorly.
He nished in a strong third place in
Singapore, admitting that it was a great
result, "allowing to put behind us the past
few weeks". However, this was his and
Renault's only podium of 2009, a year
after the Crashgate saga. Alonso
controversially dedicated his podium
afterwards to recently departed team boss
Flavio Briatore, saying "he is part of the
success we had today".[74]
In Japan, he was penalised ve grid

places for failing to slow down for yellow
flags after Sbastien Buemi crashed,
scattering debris onto the track. The R29's
pace was again disappointing, when he
could only manage to climb up to 10th
from 16th place on the grid, despite a late
safety car period after Jaime Alguersuari
crashed heavily. Alonso said that his race
was pretty much decided in qualifying,
although he admitted that his car seemed
to be fairly competitive. In Brazil however,
he retired on the rst lap when Adrian Sutil
and Jarno Trulli collided, and Alonso was
unable to avoid the out-of-control Force
India, which had spun onto the wet grass,
terminally damaging a sidepod on
Alonso's car, forcing him to retire.
He admitted that he had wanted to end his

successful period at Renault on a high at
the nal race of the year in Abu Dhabi.
However, he spent the whole race towards
the back of the grid, and nished 14th
after qualifying in 16th. After the race, he
paid tribute to Renault, saying that he
wanted "to thank the entire team for
everything that we have achieved
together", and wanted to concentrate on
the positives during his time with Renault,
which had included winning the 2005 and
2006 world championship titles. He
nished ninth in the drivers standings
overall, scoring all of Renault's 26 points
during the season. As a result, Renault
only nished eighth in the constructors
ahead of two other teams, Force India and
Toro Rosso.
Ferrari (20102014)
2010
Alonso in his rst race for Ferrari at the 2010 Bahrain

Grand Prix, where he won the race
After much speculation,[75] on 30

September 2009, Alonso was conrmed to
be replacing Kimi Rikknen at the Ferrari
team, partnering Felipe Massa,[76] a move
known as "the worst-kept secret in F1".[77]
His contract covered three seasons
(20102012),[78] with speculated options
until the end of 2014. Though his contract
is said to have been signed as early as
July 2008,[77] Alonso conrmed only
having a Summer-2009 agreement with
Ferrari for a 2011 start, which was later
changed to 2010.[79] Ferrari and
Rikknen, whom Alonso would replace,
had agreed to end their contract one year
early.[78][80] Though it was reported that
Alonso's contract was worth 25-million
per season,[81] Ferrari released a
statement that cast doubts over the salary
offered, stating that "the numbers talked
about have absolutely nothing to do with
reality."[82] Ferrari also cast doubt on "the
arrival of technicians" with Alonso.[82]
At the rst race in Bahrain, Alonso

qualied third behind teammate Massa
and pole sitter Sebastian Vettel. At the
start, Alonso passed Massa and later
passed leader Vettel who had an engine
problem. Alonso won the race, becoming
the fth man to win on his debut for
Ferrari after Fangio in 1956, Andretti in
1971, Mansell in 1989, and Rikknen in
2007. In Australia, Alonso qualied third
behind the two Red Bulls. At the start, on a
damp track, Alonso was tipped off by
eventual race winner Jenson Button, and
rejoined last. Alonso charged back to
nish fourth, only two seconds behind
teammate Felipe Massa. In China Alonso
qualied third again, but was given a drive-
through penalty for jumping the start and
dropped down to 15th, before nishing
fourth with the aid of a safety car and
several passes.
In Spain, Alonso qualied fourth and

remained there until the closing stages,
when Vettel's brake problems and
Hamilton's tyre failure elevated him to
second. In Monaco, Alonso crashed his
car in practice and was unable to take part
in qualifying. He started 24th and last but
charged up to sixth. On the last lap,
Michael Schumacher passed him under
the safety car to take the place, but was
then penalized for the overtaking, giving
sixth back to Alonso. In Canada, Alonso
started and nished in third place. In
Valencia, Alonso started fourth and
nished eighth after getting caught behind
the safety car which was deployed after
Mark Webber's somersault over Heikki
Kovalainen.
Alonso won the 2010 German Grand Prix in

Alonso won the 2010 German Grand Prix in
controversial circumstances
At the British Grand Prix at Silverstone,

Alonso lined up third on the grid. However,
a poor start, a drive-through penalty for an
illegal pass on Kubica and a late puncture
left Alonso to nish in fourteenth place, a
minute behind race winner Mark Webber.
In Germany, Alonso missed pole position
by 0.002 seconds to Vettel. At the start,
Vettel was passed by Alonso and Massa.
Alonso then controversially overtook
Massa and they crossed the line in that
order to give Ferrari a 12 nish. In
Hungary, Alonso qualied third behind the
two Red Bulls, and nished second after
Vettel was handed a drive-through penalty.
In Belgium, Alonso qualied tenth. When
the race started, he was hit from behind
by Rubens Barrichello's Williams. Alonso
recovered to eighth before spinning out of
the race in the closing stages. In Italy,
Alonso claimed pole from Jenson Button,
but trailed Button by the rst corner.
Alonso passed Button during the pitstops
and claimed his 24th career win, his third
of the season, and Ferrari's rst win at
Monza since 2006. Alonso also claimed
fastest lap along with his pole and victory.
In Singapore, Alonso took pole position
from Vettel and the McLarens. At the start,
Alonso retained his lead and soaked up
pressure from Vettel for the entire race,
crossing the line less than 0.3 seconds
ahead of the Red Bull. Alonso again set
the fastest lap of the race in the closing
stages. In Japan, Alonso nished third,
behind Vettel and Webber, then won in
Korea after Vettel retired with engine
failure. He also scored his fth fastest lap
of the year, enough to give him the 2010
DHL Fastest Lap Award after a countback
with Lewis Hamilton.[83]
At the nal race of the season in Abu

Dhabi, Alonso entered the event with an
eight-point lead, and qualied third. At the
start of the race he lost a place to Button
and then a strategic error by his team
meant that Alonso spent the rest of the
race stuck behind Vitaly Petrov, and lost
out on world championship honours to
Sebastian Vettel.[84]
2011
Alonso battles with Hamilton at the 2011 Malaysian

Grand Prix.
Alonso started the season with a fourth

place in Australia, nishing half a minute
behind race-winner Sebastian Vettel. He
followed that up with sixth and seventh
places in Malaysia and China, being
outperformed by teammate Massa in both
races. He took his rst podium of the
season with third at the Turkish Grand
Prix, having run second for a time and was
only passed by Mark Webber on lap 51 of
58. Prior to his home race in Spain, he
extended his contract with Ferrari for a
further ve years, until the end of 2016. In
Spain, Alonso qualied third, and took the
race lead into the rst turn. However, he
was overtaken by the Red Bulls in the rst
set of pit stops, and eventually nished
fth, one lap down. In Monaco, after
qualifying fourth, Alonso was running
strongly in third place behind Vettel who
was on heavily worn tyres and Button,
and was promoted to second when Button
pitted after being unable to pass Vettel. A
multi car crash then resulted in a red flag
situation, allowing Vettel and Alonso to
change to fresh tyres for the restart, with
Alonso nishing the race in second.

Alonso at the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix
Alonso was forced to retire in Canada

after contact with Button left his car
beached on a kerb. He bounced back to
nish second in Valencia. At the British
Grand Prix, controversial blown diffuser
systems were temporarily banned, which
was perceived to give Ferrari an
advantage over its rivals. Alonso was
running second to Vettel in the race, until
a mistake from the Red Bull mechanics in
a pit stop gave Alonso the lead, which he
maintained until the end of the race to
take his rst victory of the season. Alonso
nished second in Germany after a race-
long battle with eventual winner Lewis
Hamilton, and Mark Webber. He took his
fourth successive podium by nishing
third in Hungary, before nishing fourth in
Belgium, after being overtaken by Webber
and Button in the closing stages. Alonso
took the lead of the Italian Grand Prix in
the rst corner, but was later passed by
Vettel and Button. He was able to defend
third place from Hamilton at the end of the
race to take another podium. Alonso
nished second to Button in Japan, and
added a third place in India and second in
Abu Dhabi. Alonso closed the season with
fourth in Brazil to nish fourth in the
Drivers' Championship, losing third place
to Webber by one point, after Webber won
the race.
2012
Alonso celebrates victory in the 2012 Malaysian Grand

Prix
Having signed a ve-year contract
extension during the 2011 season, Alonso
remained with Ferrari for the 2012
season.[85] Ferrari appeared to be
struggling for pace in pre-season testing;
in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix,
Alonso qualied 12th after spinning into
the gravel during the second part of
qualifying. He recovered in the race to
nish 5th. At the next race in Malaysia, the
Ferrari's lack of pace was again
demonstrated with Alonso qualifying
ninth. However, in the race, which started
in wet conditions, Alonso rose through the
eld to take the lead on lap 16. Sauber's
Sergio Prez began to catch Alonso,
despite a slow pit stop, and looked to be
close to passing Alonso, until he ran wide,
giving Alonso an unexpected rst win of
the season. Alonso nished third in the
Monaco Grand Prix putting him into the
lead of the Drivers' Championship this
season ahead of Sebastian Vettel, the
2011 champion, and Vettel's teammate at
Red Bull, Mark Webber, who won at
Monaco. However, a fth place in the
Canadian Grand Prix behind Lewis
Hamilton's rst and Sebastian Vettel's
fourth put him behind Hamilton in the
championship table.
Alonso regained the championship lead at
the European Grand Prix, starting 11th on
the grid and climbing his way up to win
the race after Vettel and Hamilton both
retired. At the next round at Silverstone,
Alonso took Ferrari's rst pole since 2010,
edging out Red Bull driver Mark Webber in
a rain-hit session. He nished the race
three seconds adrift of Webber in second
place. He again started from pole position
after a wet qualifying session at the
German Grand Prix, and won the race to
extend his championship lead.[86] At the
Belgian Grand Prix, he was involved in a
rst-corner incident with four other
drivers, and retired on the spot. At the
Japanese Grand Prix Alonso was hit from
behind at the rst corner and retired.
Following a dramatic end to the season,
with frequent podium nishes Alonso
again lost the championship to Sebastian
Vettel on the nal day, nishing 3 points
behind in the standings. Alonso would
have won the title had he won the nal
race at Interlagos, but was beaten to it by
Jenson Button; Vettel nished in sixth.
2013
Alonso at the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix

Alonso started the season by qualifying
fth in Australia; by the end of the rst lap
he had moved up to third. He eventually
managed to use the pit stops to his
advantage by pitting early and jumping
Vettel. Alonso held onto second until the
end of the race. In Malaysia, Alonso
qualied on the second row of the grid in
third. Going into the second corner he
tapped the back of Vettel and damaged
his front wing, the team told him to stay
out instead of pitting, hoping that the wing
would not break, so that Alonso would be
able to pit for slick tyres at the right time.
However while going down the main
straight at the start of the second lap, his
front wing broke off and went underneath
his car sending it into the gravel trap and
into retirement. Alonso then won his home
race, the Spanish Grand Prix, by ghting
through from fth; however, seventh place
in Monaco after that again lost him points
and left him 29 points behind Vettel.
As the season moved into its second half

Pirelli introduced new tires, and Red Bull
and Sebastian Vettel began to dominate
qualifying and races, with Alonso
struggling to score podium nishes.
Alonso again nished runner-up to Vettel
in the world championship.
2014
Alonso at the 2014 Singapore Grand Prix
A new rule for the 2014 season was that

the drivers picked a unique car number
they would use for the rest of their
Formula One career. Alonso picked
number 14 as he used the number in his
karting career and considers it to be a
lucky number.[87] Alonso and Ferrari had a
difcult season, but went close to winning
the Hungarian Grand Prix, before being
overtaken by Daniel Ricciardo only a
couple of laps before the nish.[88] Alonso
nished sixth in the championship, with
only one other podium, a third-place nish
in China. In spite of his worst
championship position during his time
with Ferrari, he was far ahead of
teammate Kimi Rikknen in the
championship.
Return to McLaren (2015)
2015
In November 2014 both Alonso and
Scuderia Ferrari announced that the 2014
season would be his last with the team. In
December 2014 it was announced that
Alonso would return to McLaren for the
rst time since 2007 on what has been
reported to be a two-year deal with an
option for extension. After protracted
speculation it was announced that 2009
world champion Jenson Button would
race alongside him in 2015, beating rookie
Dane Kevin Magnussen to the drive.[89]
Alonso driving for McLaren at the 2015 Canadian Grand

Alonso driving for McLaren at the 2015 Canadian Grand
Prix
On the second day of the Barcelona pre-

season test Alonso had an accident at
turn 3. He was airlifted to the General
Hospital de Catalunya in Sant Cugat del
Valls, where he underwent scans which
found that he had suffered a
concussion.[90] After regaining
consciousness, some newspapers
engaged in unconrmed reports stating
that Alonso suffered from retrograde
amnesia in which he had no memories
beyond 1995 and believed that he was still
a karting driver.[91] However, Alonso rmly
denied this upon his Grand Prix return in
Malaysia, saying that it was just a fun
story that he read in the papers and did
not actually happen.[92] He also said that
he did not know what caused the crash
and suspected a faulty steering column,
saying that "not even a hurricane" could
have caused the car to crash, amid
speculation that a gust of wind threw the
car into the inside wall at an odd angle.[93]
He also said that he never lost
consciousness upon impact, and that it
was because of medication being given to
him prior to the helicopter ride for the MRI
scan and that he had remembered
everything before the impact as well as
his reaction immediately afterwards.[94]
Alonso was released from hospital on 4
March and was advised to miss the
Australian Grand Prix in order to minimise
the chance of suffering second-impact
syndrome. Magnussen was announced to
take his place.[95]
Alonso's 2015 season was marred by issues with

McLaren's Honda engines, including this breakdown
during qualifying in Hungary.
After travelling to Malaysia for the second
round of the season, Alonso was passed
t to take part in the event after
undergoing medical tests at the track.[96]
In the season opener, his Ferrari
replacement Sebastian Vettel had nished
on the podium, whilst McLaren occupied
the last row with huge difculties with the
performance of the car and the new
engine package. In spite of this, Alonso
stated at the aforementioned press
conference that he had no regrets about
leaving Ferrari for McLaren, saying that he
was no longer content with just podium
nishes after 14 years in Formula One and
therefore was prepared to take risks in
order to win.[93] In the race, Alonso failed
to nish after overheating issues with his
car's hybrid system.[97] Notably, Vettel won
the race, prompting Alonso to once again
a couple of weeks later publicly defend his
decision saying that it was 'difcult to
keep the trust' amid Ferrari's attempts to
persuade him the 2015 car was going to
be a big improvement. He said that he
would only suggest the move was a
mistake should Ferrari actually win the
title in November.[98] Having been lapped
and outside the points in the Chinese
Grand Prix, Alonso suggested he was just
happy to nish the race to gather
information about the car.[99] Alonso
collided with 2014 teammate Kimi
Rikknen during the rst lap of the
Austrian Grand Prix, sending his car
briefly airborne and landing on
Rikknen's sidepod. Both drivers were
unhurt and the incident was ruled as a
'race incident' with Rikknen spinning in
front of Alonso due to wheelspin. At the
British Grand Prix, Alonso managed to
score his rst point of the season. At the
Hungarian Grand Prix, he nished fth, his
best result since rejoining McLaren. It was
also the rst time both drivers nished in
the points as Jenson Button nished in
ninth. However he failed to score any
further points in the remainder of the
season.
2016
Alonso driving for McLaren at the 2016 Monaco Grand

Prix
In the Australian Grand Prix, Alonso was

involved in a crash with Esteban Gutirrez
in turn 3; the contact caused Alonso's car
to barrel roll into the concrete barrier[100]
at 180mph. Alonso suffered a partially
collapsed lung and rib fractures, and was
replaced by Stoffel Vandoorne for the
Bahrain Grand Prix.[101] He returned for
the Chinese Grand Prix but could only
nish 12th, one place ahead of teammate
Jenson Button. At the Russian Grand Prix
Alonso scored his rst points of the
season, with a 6th-place nish, his second
highest since returning to McLaren in
2015. He drove to another strong result
two races later at Monaco Grand Prix,
nishing fth, holding off Nico Rosberg's
Mercedes in the latter half of the race.
Alonso went on a four race scoreless run,
retiring from the European Grand Prix, and
failed to nish but was classied 18th for
the Austrian Grand Prix. After the summer
break at the Belgian Grand Prix, Alonso
and former teammate Lewis Hamilton,
collected upwards of 50 grid place
penalties each for changing more than the
allowed engine parts, and so occupied the
back row of the grid. However Alonso and
Hamilton battled through the eld,
beneting from the red flag brought out by
Kevin Magnussen's huge crash at the top
of Eau Rouge, and nished 7th and 3rd
respectively. At the Malaysian Grand Prix,
Alonso took a 45 place grid penalty and
started the race from the very back of the
grid, but nished in 7th, just as in Belgium.
2017
Alonso was partnered with Belgian Stoffel

Vandoorne for the 2017 season.[102] In
April, Alonso announced plans to miss the
Monaco Grand Prix to compete in the
Indianapolis 500.[103]
In qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix,

he made it to Q3 for the rst time in 2017
and impressed with a seventh place on
the start grid.[104][105]
Controversies
At the 2003 European Grand Prix, David

Coulthard and McLaren managing director
Martin Whitmarsh accused Alonso of
giving Coulthard a brake test. This was in
relation to a passage of racing towards
the end of the race when Coulthard was
trying to overtake Alonso, who was
holding him up. Coulthard swerved off the
track and into retirement during an
attempted overtake. After talking to the
drivers and viewing telemetry and video
data, the FIA stewards decided that the
incident did not warrant any "further
judicial action".[106]
At the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix,
Alonso was involved in an incident in
which he brake tested Red Bull Racing
test driver Robert Doornbos in the second
free practice session. The stewards
decided that Alonso's actions were
"unnecessary, unacceptable and
dangerous", and awarded him a one-
second time penalty to be applied to his
fastest lap time in each of the qualifying
sessions.[54]
After a separate incident from the
same race, when Michael Schumacher
was asked whether he thought Alonso
deliberately slowed down so that
Schumacher had to pass him under red
flags in practice, Schumacher replied,
"You said that, I didn't."[107]

Alonso was involved in controversial incidents with
then-teammate Lewis Hamilton at McLaren in 2007
In the 2006 Italian Grand Prix, after

stewards ruled Alonso had potentially
blocked Felipe Massa in Saturday
qualifying and relegated him ve places
on the starting grid, Alonso stated "I love
the sport, love the fans coming here a
lot of them from Spain but I don't consider
Formula One like a sport any more".[57]
In the qualifying for the 2007
Hungarian Grand Prix, while both
McLarens were in the pits, Alonso
remained stationary in the McLaren pit for
a few seconds. This delayed the then
provisional pole sitter and teammate
Lewis Hamilton long enough to prevent
him from getting another 'hot lap' in.
Alonso then went on to claim pole.[108]
McLaren boss Ron Dennis later said the
team had got "out of sequence" when
Hamilton did not as agreed allow Alonso
past earlier in the qualifying session. He
added that Alonso was "under the control
of his engineer" when he was waiting in
the pit lane.[109] However, Alonso was
subsequently given a ve-place grid
penalty[110] and his McLaren team were
docked the 15 constructors' World
Championship points they would have
earned in the race.[111]
As a result of this investigation, it
emerged that some team members within
McLaren, among them Alonso, were aware
of condential information belonging to
the Ferrari team. This information was
commented on to Alonso by McLaren test
driver Pedro de la Rosa who had also
received information from McLaren chief
designer Mike Coughlan. The email
contained text suggesting that Alonso
was surprised by the data and doubted its
authenticity. According to the "spygate"
related email exchanges between Alonso
and de la Rosa, it was clear that Alonso
knew about Ferrari's pit strategies in the
Australian Grand Prix and Bahrain Grand
Prix. Alonso nished 2nd and 5th
respectively in those races.[112] Ron
Dennis told the FIA about the case during
the Hungarian Grand Prix. Amid media
allegations that Alonso threatened Dennis
with reporting the team to FIA himself if
he was not given number one driver
status, Ron Dennis stated in a televised
interview that there had been an
argument, and that Alonso had said
something in the heat of the moment but
immediately apologised. This was when
Dennis found out about Ferrari data and
immediately informed the FIA. Pitlane
sources have suggested, from published
FIA stewards data, that an argument
involving reporting the McLaren team to
the FIA was prompted by the fact that
there was no stewards' investigation
regarding the qualifying pitlane incident
until Anthony and Lewis Hamilton made a
formal complaint on the Saturday evening;
costing Alonso a ve-place grid penalty
and loss of Constructors' Points for the
team. FIA then revealed that it had had
knowledge of the Spygate case thanks to
a slip made by Coughlan.[113]
In what became known in the media as
"Crashgate", Renault allegedly ordered
Alonso's teammate Nelson Piquet, Jr. to
crash at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix,
causing a safety-car incident at a moment
where Alonso would get tremendous
benet from his race strategy, putting him
towards the front of the eld, and giving
him a ghting chance to win the race, after
a number of opponents (Felipe Massa,
Robert Kubica and Kimi Rikknen to
name a few) suffered. However, the FIA
conrmed that no evidence had shown
that Alonso had knowledge of the plan,
and neither did many of the personal
mechanics of both drivers.[114]
In the 2010 German Grand Prix at
Hockenheim, Alonso became involved in a
controversy with teammate Massa, as
Ferrari were accused of using team orders
during the race. The incident started when
Massa was leading the race and defended
his pole position when Alonso tried to
overtake him. Alonso said "This is
ridiculous" on the team radio, supposedly
complaining about Massa.[115] Ferrari
engineer Rob Smedley then contacted
Massa through radio to say "Fernando is
faster than you. Can you conrm you
understood that message?".[116] Shortly
after this, Massa slowed down and was
overtaken by Alonso in what appeared to
be team orders. Shortly after the race
notable people of the senior personnel in
Ferrari, Massa and Alonso were
summoned to the stewards. The matter
was then referred to the FIA World Motor
Sport Council and Ferrari were given a
$100,000 ne but the result of the race
was unchanged.[117][118]
In the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix,
Alonso was seen gesticulating furiously at
Vitaly Petrov on the slowing down lap in
front of TV cameras, and initially it
seemed that he had blamed the young
Russian for costing him the world crown
as he ended up being unable to nd a way
past the Renault driver while race winner
Sebastian Vettel was crowned world
champion. However, Alonso denied
accusations that he had accused Petrov
of denying him the title.[119]
Indianapolis 500
McLaren Honda Andretti (2017)
Practice and qualication
In 2017, Alonso missed the Monaco Grand

Prix to compete in the Indianapolis 500,
driving for Andretti Autosport in a
McLaren-branded car.[103][120]
On 3 May 2017 Alonso took place for the

rst time behind the wheel of an IndyCar
and his rst running on an oval during a
private test arranged by McLaren, Honda
and Andretti Autosport. He drove total of
110 laps. In his rst hour on track, he set a
fastest lap speed of 222.548mph[121] and
completed all of the required phases of
the Rookie Orientation Program.[122] The
test was broadcast live on YouTube and
Facebook and drew 2 million views.[123]
On 15 May at the two-hour rookies and

refreshers test he was the fastest rookie
completed 36 laps with a best of
221.634mph coming on his 26th tour. [124]
At the practice session following he only
ran 20 laps because of suspension issues,
nishing P19 of 31, with a best one-lap
average speed of 223.025. That speed
was completed while in the draft of
another driver, though. In clean air,
Alonso's best speed was a
219.265mph.[125] On 16 May, the second
day of the practice, he racked up the most
laps of anyone at 117, and joined in the
slipstreaming for the rst time in his
IndyCar oval career. He ended the six-hour
session in 24th with a speed of
221.029mph, and was 14th without the
aid of a tow, third fastest of the Andretti
Autosport sextet in that chart behind.[126]
On 17 May, during day three of practice,
Alonso ended the day fourth fastest with a
lap of 219.533mph. He had limited
running of 39 laps because of the wind
conditions.[127] On 18 May, the fourth day
of practice, Alonso clocked 96 laps and
end up fourth with a lap of 225.619mph.
Alonso was also into the Top 10 without
the aid of a draft, setting a 223.687mph to
claim ninth.[128] On 19 May during day ve
of practice nicknamed "Fast Friday"
Alonso was again fourth with a lap speed
of 231.827mph. Alonso impressed with a
four-lap qualifying sim with all four laps
over 231mph, and his no-tow lap speed
was fth best.[129]
On Saturday 20 May during the rst

qualifying session, Alonso posted laps of
230.337, 230.260, 229.845, 229.696,
giving him an average of 230.034mph,
leaving him seventh and secured a place
in the 'Fast Nine'[130]
On Sunday during the 45-minute practice

session ahead of the Fast Nine shootout,
ve of the nine took to the track. Alonso
was the fastest with a no-tow speed of
231.317mph.[131]
On the Sunday 'Fast Nine' qualication

Alonso, with a 231.300mph four-lap
average, secured a second-row start from
fth.[132]
On 22 May at the Monday practice sesion

Alonso completed over 300 miles (122
laps) and nished the session 12th, with a
best average lap speed of 226.147mph as
teams focused on their race setups.[133]
On Friday 26 May during "Carb Day", the

last practice sesion, Alonso was P5 with a
speed of 226.608[134]
Race
During the race Alonso led 27 laps and

was a strong contender for victory in his
rst Indy 500 start. With 21 laps remaining
Alonso was running seventh when his
Honda engine broke.[135] He was classied
24th.[136] After his retirement he received a
standing ovation from the
grandstands.[137] Alonso was praised for
his strong debut.[138][139]
Awards
Alonso received the 2017 Fastest Rookie

award for his Indianapolis 500 four-lap
qualifying speed of 231.300 .[140]
He was also named the Indianapolis 500

Rookie of the Year.[141]
Helmet
Alonso's helmet manufactured by Bieffe
(2001), Arai (20032009, 2016),
Schuberth (2010-2015)[142][143] Bell
(2017-)[144] has the flag of Spain
surrounding the helmet and shades of
blue which are adapted from Asturias
flags. This design is an original design
helmet from when Alonso joined Minardi
in the 2001 season, with the difference
that he wore a blue color with dark blue
shades, and then gradually changed to
light blue and nally blue typical Asturias
in 2004.
Starting the 2006 season, Alonso changed

the style of color design on his helmet. It
added a background color of yellow as the
main color of the helmet together with the
bright blue color. The design is then
turned upside down again when he moved
to McLaren in 2007. This time, Alonso
helmet was with the black and red colors,
along with customized color schemes for
the McLaren team. He also added a silver
part in the back of the helmet.[145]
For 2008, Alonso switched back to one of

his previous helmet designs, the yellow-
blue coupled with a slight outward
surrounding white helmet. Besides the
rear helmet, Alonso also attached two
pictures of a spade, ace and heart symbol
signifying his status as a double world
champion.[146] Alonso's return to the style
of an old-fashioned helmet was because
he re-joined the team Renault at that time.
The design he used in the 2009 season
was replacing the blue to a bright red
helmet at the top and the bottom. The
design was based on Michael
Schumacher's helmet.
For 2010, Alonso returned to the

traditional color scheme which is a
combination of blue shades of the
Asturias and Spanish flag. He also put a
Ferrari logo on the back of the helmet, just
above the drawing two aces. Alonso's
helmet design scheme he used in the
2011 season. Alonso also introduced a
special helmet during the 2011 season
with a background gold helmet that was
used in the 2011, 2012 and in the 2013
Monaco Grands Prix and in the 2011
Singapore Grand Prix. The golden helmet
he designed was to raise money for a
charity auction for UNICEF.[147]
For the 2013 Indian Grand Prix, Alonso

used a helmet with a white background to
celebrate his points record. The design
showed the number 1571, the total points
that the Spaniard had scored up to the
2013 Japanese Grand Prix, and the words
"F1 points World Record". The message
was also accompanied with a thank you
message in English, French and
Italian.[148]
Other racing
Alonso has competed in the Race of
Champions on two occasions in 2001
and 2002. In the 2001 event, he competed
for Team Spain alongside Jess Puras
and Rubn Xaus; Team Spain went on to
win the Nations Cup.[149] At the following
year's ROC, Alonso lost to NASCAR driver
Jeff Gordon in the second round.[150]
Museum and circuit

On 26 June 2015 Alonso opened his own
museum with a circuit named 'Museo y
Circuito Fernando Alonso', dedicated to
his racing career, in his hometown of
Oviedo. The museum gathers together all
of Fernando Alonso's racing cars since he
began karting at the age of 3. Consisting
of over 270 unique pieces, helmets,
gloves, racing suits, cars and memorabilia
are all on display.[151] The collection was
original launched 10 October 2013 and
displayed until 2014 at the Canal de Isabel
II in Madrid.[152][153]
The karting circuit was designed and built

to offer the possibility of driving on 29
different tracks and is approved to stage
top level international competitions in
compliance with CIK-FIA rules. The track
combines Alonso's favourite Formula 1
corners.[154]
Cycling
Outside of Formula One, Alonso is
passionately interested in road bicycle
racing. Alonso's friends include
professional cyclists Alberto Contador,
Miguel Indurain and Samuel Snchez. He
cycles himself in order to maintain his
tness for Formula 1.[155]
Alonso hinted at running a cycling team in
the 2011 edition of the Tour de France
with Contador leading the team.[156] In
early September 2013, Alonso announced
his intentions to rescue the insolvent
EuskaltelEuskadi cycling team, reaching
an agreement to buy their UCI World Tour
licence in order to form a Spanish
professional cycling team using many of
its existing riders.[157] On 23 September,
however, it was announced that
negotiations over the deal had collapsed.
Alonso still plans to create a cycling team
for the 2015 season.[158] In January 2014,
Cycling Weekly reported that either Peter
Sagan or Contador would sign with
Alonso's prospective team tentatively
named the Fernando Alonso Cycling Team
(FACT)[159] for the 2015 season, and that
former world champion Paolo Bettini was
leading the creation of the team.[160] It has
also been pointed out that, if the
Cannondale team plan to vacate their UCI
ProTeam licence, FACT could be fast-
tracked to the highest level of professional
cycling.[161] However, in November 2014
Alonso conrmed that the team would not
compete in 2015 "due to a number of
circumstances".[162]
Racing record
Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins
Euro Open Campos

1999 15 6
by Nissan Motorsport
International
Team
2000 Formula 9 1
Astromega
3000
European
Formula
2001 Minardi F1 17 0
One
Team
Mild Seven
Formula
2002 Renault F1
One
Team
Mild Seven
Formula
2003 Renault F1 16 1
One
Team
2004 Formula Mild Seven 18 0

One Renault F1
Team
Mild Seven
Formula
One
Team
Mild Seven
Formula
One
Team
Vodafone
Formula
2007 McLaren 17 4
One
Mercedes
ING
Formula
One
Team
2009 Formula ING 17 0

One Renault F1
Team
Scuderia
Formula
2010 Ferrari 19 5
One
Marlboro
Formula Scuderia
2011 19 1
One Ferrari
Formula Scuderia
2012 20 3
One Ferrari
Formula Scuderia
2013 19 2
One Ferrari
Formula Scuderia
2014 19 0
One Ferrari
Formula McLaren
2015 18 0
One Honda
Formula McLaren
2016 20 0
One Honda
2017 Formula McLaren 9 0
One Honda
McLaren-
IndyCar
Honda- 1 0
Series
Andretti
* Season still in progress.
Complete Euro Open by Nissan

results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position;

races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6
ALB ALB JER JER JAR JAR

Campos
1999 1 2 1 2 1 2
Motorsport
Ret 1 Ret DNS Ret 1
Complete International Formula 3000

results

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6
Team IMO SIL CAT NR MON MAG

2000
Astromega 9 EX 15 Ret 8 Ret
Complete Formula One results

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2
European European
Minardi AUS MAL
2001 Minardi (Cosworth)
PS01 12 13
F1 Team 3.0 V10
Mild
Renault
Seven Renault AUS MAL
2003 RS23 3.0
Renault R23 7 3
V10
F1 Team
Mild
Renault
2004 RS24 3.0
Renault R24 3 7
V10
F1 Team
Mild
Renault
2005 RS25 3.0
Renault R25 3 1
V10
F1 Team
2006 Mild Renault Renault BHR MAL
Seven R26 RS26 2.4 1 2
Renault V8
F1 Team
Vodafone Mercedes
McLaren AUS MAL
2007 McLaren FO 108T
MP4-22 2 1
Mercedes 2.4 V8
ING Renault
Renault AUS MAL
2008 Renault RS27 2.4
R28 4 8
F1 Team V8
ING
AUS MAL
Renault Renault
Renault 5 11
2009 F1 Team RS27 2.4
R29
Renault V8
F1 Team
2010 Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 056 BHR AUS

Ferrari F10 2.4 V8 1 4
Marlboro
Scuderia
AUS MAL
Ferrari Ferrari
Ferrari 056 4 6
2011 Marlboro 150
2.4 V8
Scuderia Italia
Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 056 AUS MAL

2012
Ferrari F2012 2.4 V8 5 1
Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 056 AUS MAL

2013
Ferrari F138 2.4 V8 2 Ret
Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari AUS MAL
2014 059/3 1.6
Ferrari F14 T 4 4
V6 t
2015 McLaren McLaren Honda AUS MAL

Honda MP4-30 RA615H Ret
1.6 V6 t
Honda
McLaren McLaren AUS
2016 RA616H BHR
Honda MP4-31 Ret
1.6 V6 t
Honda
McLaren McLaren AUS CHN
2017 RA617H
Honda MCL32 Ret Ret
1.6 V6 t

Did not nish, but was classied as he
had completed more than 90% of the race
distance.
American open-wheel racing results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

(Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
IndyCar Series
(key)
Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3
McLaren-
Dallara
2017 Honda- Honda STP LBH ALA
DW12
Andretti
Indianapolis 500
Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
McLaren-
2017 Dallara Honda 5 24 Honda-
Andretti
See also
List of Formula One drivers
List of Spaniards
Books
Actis, Raquel (2003). Fernando Alonso:
El Principe de la Formula 1 (in Spanish).
Nuevas Ediciones del Motor. ISBN978-84-
607-9784-5.
Seara, Victor (2004). Fernando Alonso:
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Spanish). La Esfera de los Libros.
ISBN978-84-9734-182-0.
Actis, Raquel; Luis Criado (2005).
Fernando Alonso: La Lucha por la
Superacion (in Spanish). Cultural.
ISBN978-84-609-7818-3.
Viaplana, Josep (2005). El nuevo rey-
Campen Fernando Alonso (in Spanish).
Ediciones B. ISBN978-84-666-1798-7.
Brian, Rodrigo Castillo; del Arco de
Izco, Javier; Lobato, Antonio (2005). Los
100 Mejores Pilotos de Frmula 1: De Nino
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Spanish). Cahoba Promociones y
Ediciones. ISBN978-84-9832-056-5.
Camus, Martine (2006). Fernando
Alonso: Le Sacre de la Jeunesse (in French).
Chronosports. ISBN978-2-84707-108-5.
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Fernando Alonso Daz audio (born 29

Born Fernando Alonso Daz

Formula One World Championship career

2017 team McLaren-Honda[1]

Entries 283 (281 starts)

Championships 2 (2005, 2006)

Career points 1,834

First entry 2001 Australian Grand Prix

First win 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix

Last win 2013 Spanish Grand Prix

Last entry 2017 British Grand Prix

2016 position 10th (54 pts)

IndyCar Series career

1 race run over 1 year

Team(s) No. 29 (McLaren-Honda-

Last race 2017 Indianapolis 500

Wins Podiums Poles

Born in Oviedo, the capital of the

Personal and early life

Fernando Alonso was born in Oviedo,

Alonso attended the Holy Guardian Angel

Since winning his rst world

Alonso and his former wife, Raquel del Rosario.

Alonso lived in Oxford, England until he

Alonso married Raquel del Rosario, lead

Alonso is a supporter of the football

Alonso has a tattoo of an ancient samurai

Alonso's rst kart

As a child, Alonso participated in karting

Former Minardi F1 driver Adrin Campos

The following season Alonso moved up to

Formula One career

Alonso made his Formula One dbut with Minardi in

Alonso was the third-youngest driver ever

Notable performances over the season

In September, his manager Flavio Briatore

Alonso driving for Renault at the 2004 United States

Alonso became test driver for Renault in

Alonso became the youngest driver to

Alonso remained with Renault for the

Alonso defended his lead from Michael Schumacher for

For the 2005 season, Alonso was joined at

Alonso battling with Kimi Rikknen at the 2005 British

McLaren's improving form saw Rikknen

Alonso qualied sixth in the Hungarian

Alonso sealed the title by nishing third in

Commenting on his victory, he said: "I just

The Japanese and Chinese Grands Prix

In 2005, he was awarded the Prince of

Alonso won the rst race of the 2006

Alonso took pole position and victory at the 2006

After poor qualifying at San Marino,

Alonso battling with Michael Schumacher at the 2006

Alonso nished second in Turkey, holding

At the following round in China, Alonso

Alonso at the 2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, his rst

Alonso nished second in the 2007 British Grand Prix

On 19 December 2005, Alonso announced

On 8 April 2007 in his second race for the

On 2 November 2007, after a turbulent

Return to Renault (20082009)

Alonso testing for Renault in January 2008

Alonso was linked with several teams for