![]() ![]() After a two-year sabbatical, Alonso returned to Formula One in 2021 with Alpine. A second stint with McLaren from 2015 to 2018 resulted in no further success. Alonso drove for Ferrari from 2010 to 2014, finishing runner-up to Sebastian Vettel in 2010, 2012, and 2013 with the title battles in 20 going down to the last race of the season. After finishing just one point behind eventual champion Kimi Räikkönen with McLaren in 2007, he returned to Renault for 20 and won two races in the former year for fifth overall. Promoted to a race seat in 2003, Alonso won two drivers' championships in 20, becoming the youngest pole-sitter, youngest race winner, youngest world champion, and youngest two-time champion in the sport's history at the time. He debuted in Formula One with Minardi in 2001 before joining Renault as a test driver for 2002. He progressed to car racing at the age of 17, winning the Euro Open by Nissan in 1999 and was fourth in the International Formula 3000 Championship of 2000. He also won the 24 Hours of Daytona with Wayne Taylor Racing in 2019.īorn in Oviedo, Asturias to a working-class family, Alonso began kart racing at the age of three and achieved success in local, national, and world championships. With Toyota, Alonso won the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice, in 20, and the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2018-19. He won the series' World Drivers' Championship in 20 with Renault, and has also driven for McLaren, Ferrari, and Minardi. Fernando Alonso Díaz (Spanish pronunciation: feɾˈnando aˈlonso ˈði.aθ born 29 July 1981) is a Spanish racing driver currently competing for Aston Martin in Formula One.
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