Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso Díaz (born 29th July, 1981 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain) is a Spanish former Formula One driver who is also currently the team principal of the Fernando Alonso Speed Team. He is the 2005 Formula One World Champion.

Fernando Alonso, pictured on the podium after winning the 2005 Chinese Grand Prix and the 2005 World Championship.

Formula One

2001-2005: Benetton Arrows, Renault

Alonso's Formula One debut came in 2001at the hands of the Benetton Arrows team alongside fellow young gun Jenson Button. Despite the pair's enthusiasm and hunger, the Arrows failed to match their young driver's desires in their final season and Alonso was only able to take a single point all season.

Alonso and Button remained together in 2002, albeit with a new outfit following the rebranding of Arrows to Renault. Alonso began to get comfortable in his new environment, taking several points finishes in the early stages of the season - his best being a pair of fourth places in Austria and Canada. Alonso would also upset the timing sheets by taking an unexpected fastest lap on the streets of Monte-Carlo on his way to sixth. Fernando Alonso would finish his sophomore season in F1 in a much improved seventh position in the WDC.

Button would vacate the team following a bust-up with team principal Flavio Briatore in the 2003 off-season, meaning Alonso would be joined by ex-Jaguar driver Mark Webber. Alonso's season got off to a great start, taking a career best second position (and another fastest lap) in the opening race of the season in Australia behind McLaren's James James Davies. He'd follow this with a third place finish in Malaysian Grand Prix. Alonso would not taste the champagne on the podium for several races, before returning with a third at the European Grand Prix and following Webber home for Renault's first 1-2 finish at the German Grand Prix. Alonso would miss Italy due to the Michelin boycott, before returning to the podium in Brazil with a second place. The Spaniard would go one better in the United States Grand Prix, converting a career-first pole into a win. He'd follow this win up with another in the season-ending Japanese Grand Prix, a race in which Alonso had a long battle with Michael Schumacher.

Alonso struggled in the shortened 2004 season, with the dominating Ferrari team effectively cleaning up for most of the year. Alonso did manage one win in 2004, winning the United States Grand Prix for a second time on his way to eighth in the championship.

2005 saw Alonso be joined by young Finn Kimi Räikkönen in what was set to be the most wide-open championship in many years, with Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, Williams and Toyota all bringing very strong packages. Alonso's first win of the season came in his home country of Spain, but he'd not win another until Brazil some twelve races later. The lead of the championship switched almost race by race - with Alonso, Räikkönen, James James Davies, Rubens Barrichello and Daniel Melrose all heading into the final round in China. The lead switched often in this frantic race but eventually Alonso capitalised on a last-lap error from Kimi Räikkönen to secure Alonso his first and only F1 World Driver's Championship, with some pundits in the Spanish media dubbing the race El Milagro de Shanghai.

Complete Formula One Grand Prix results

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	WDC	Points
2001	Mild Seven Benetton Arrows	Arrows A22	Renault RS21 3.0 V10	AUS 8	MAL 10	BRA 12	SMR Ret	ESP 10	AUT 6	MON Ret	CAN 10	EUR 14	FRA Ret	GBR 10	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL DNS	ITA 9	USA Ret	JPN Ret																						16th	1
2002	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault R202	Renault RS22 3.0 V10	AUS 7	MAL 7	SMR Ret	ESP Ret	AUT 4	MON 6	CAN 4	EUR 6	FRA Ret	GBR 5	GER 6	HUN 5	BEL 6	ITA Ret	BRA 7	USA 6	JPN 5																						7th	17
2003	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault R23	Renault RS23 3.0 V10	AUS 2	MAL 3	SMR Ret	ESP Ret	AUT 7	MON Ret	CAN 6	GBR 5	EUR 3	GER 2	HUN Ret	ITA DNA	BEL 11	BRA 2	USA 1	JPN 1																							4th	65
2004	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault R24	Renault RS24 3.0 V10	AUS 8	MAL 9	BHR Ret	MON 8	CAN Ret	USA 1	CHN Ret	BRA 3	ARG Ret	KOR C	JPN Ret																												8th	18
2005	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault R25	Renault RS25 3.0 V10	AUS 3	MAL 5	BHR 4	SMR 3	ESP 1	MON Ret	EUR Ret	CAN 2	USA DNS	FRA 6	GBR 2	GER 7	HUN 7	TUR 5	ITA 3	BEL Ret	BRA 1	URU 2	JPN Ret	CHN 1																			1st	92
2006	Lucky Strike Honda Racing F1 Team	Honda RA106	Honda RA806E 2.4 V8	BHR 4	MAL 4	AUS Ret	BEL 5	EUR 6	SMR 9	MON 4	ESP 3	GBR 9	CAN 3	USA Ret	FRA 6	GER 4	HUN 2	TUR 4	ITA Ret	BRA DNS	URU 10	JPN 10	CHN 7																			6th	57
2007	Honda Racing F1 Team	Honda RA107	Honda RA807E 2.4 V8	BHR 8	MAL 11	AUS Ret	JPN 13	SMR 14	GER 7	ESP 5	MON Ret	CAN 14	USA 12	GBR 10	EUR Ret	FRA Ret	HUN 14	TUR 8	ITA 16	BEL 10	CHN 7	URU 10	BRA 10																			13th	10
2008	Honda Racing F1 Team	Honda RA108	Honda RA808E 2.4 V8	BHR 7	MAL Ret	AUS 6	JPN 12	TUR 12	EUR 10	MON 9	CAN 11	USA 3	FRA 13	GBR 9	GER 7	HUN 7	ESP 14	BEL Ret	ITA 13	SIN 14	CHN Ret	URU 10	BRA 7																			13th	17
2010	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari F10	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	BHR 1 2	BHR 2 2	USA 1 5	USA 2 1	JPN 1 2	JPN 2 Ret	AUS 1 Ret	AUS 2 Ret	TUR 1 2	TUR 2 3	EUR 1 4	EUR 2 5	MON 1 3	MON 2 8	GBR 1 4	GBR 2 4	IRE 1 7	IRE 2 7	GER 1 1	GER 2 4	ESP 1 7	ESP 2 3	ITA 1 4	ITA 2 6	HUN 1 DSQ	HUN 2 7	SIN 1 1	SIN 2 1	KOR 1 8	KOR 2 12	BRA 1 1	BRA 2 4	URU 1 10	URU 2 Ret	ABU 1 14	ABU 2 5			3rd	385
2011	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari F150	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	BHR 1 Ret	BHR 2 Ret	USA 1 1	USA 2 9	JPN 1 2	JPN 2 2	KOR 1 4	KOR 2 1	TUR 1 3	TUR 2 Ret	ESP 1 18	ESP 2 Ret	MON 1 EX	MON 2 EX	GBR 1 1	GBR 2 16	IRE 1 3	IRE 2 Ret	EUR 1 18	EUR 2	GER 1	GER 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	ITA 1	ITA 2	URU 1	URU 2	BRA 1	BRA 2	SIN 1	SIN 2	IND 1	IND 2	ABU 1	ABU 2			11th	162
2012	Renault F1 Team	Renault R31	Renault RS27-2012 2.4 V8	BHR 1	BHR 2	MAL 1	MAL 2	JPN 1	JPN 2	KOR 1	KOR 2	TUR 1	TUR 2	EUR 1	EUR 2	MON 1	MON 2	GBR 1 3	GBR 2 7	CAN 1 6	CAN 2 Ret	USA 1 9	USA 2 22	GER 1 Ret	GER 2 8	ESP 1 12	ESP 2 22	ITA 1 Ret	ITA 2 4	ABU 1 4	ABU 2 Ret	IND 1 7	IND 2 8	URU 1 20	URU 2 14	BRA 1 7	BRA 2 18	SIN 1 5	SIN 2 Ret			16th	85
2014	Canon WilliamsF1	Williams FW36	Mercedes PU104A 1.6 I4t	BHR 1 2	BHR 2 10	MAL 1 2	MAL 2 3	BRA 1 2	BRA 2 Ret	MEX 1 2	MEX 2 1	USA 1 Ret	USA 2 5	CAN 1 Ret	CAN 2 4	GBR 1 Ret	GBR 2 Ret	ESP 1 8	ESP 2 Ret	AUT 1 4	AUT 2 4	TUR 1 Ret	TUR 2 8	GER 1 Ret	GER 2 1	POR 1 2	POR 2 Ret	ITA 1 Ret	ITA 2 7	ABU 1 16	ABU 2 3	IND 1 1	IND 2 2	CHN 1 Ret	CHN 2 Ret	KOR 1 8	KOR 2 1	JPN 1 Ret	JPN 2 1	SIN 1 3	SIN 2 Ret	3rd	383
2015	ING WilliamsF1 Mercedes	Williams FW37	Mercedes PU104A 1.6 I4t	BHR 1 1	BHR 2 2	MAL 1 Ret	MAL 2 C	BRA 1 11	BRA 2 5	MEX 1 2	MEX 2 4	USA 1 2	USA 2 2	CAN 1 3	CAN 2 Ret	GBR 1 17	GBR 2 Ret	GER 1 15†	GER 2 Ret	ESP 1 Ret	ESP 2 1	RUS 1 Ret	RUS 2 10	AUT 1 1	AUT 2 5	ITA 1 3	ITA 2 7	CPR 1 1	CPR 2 4	ABU 1 6	ABU 2 1	IND 1 2	IND 2 1	JPN 1 14	JPN 2 4	KOR 1 2	KOR 2 2	SIN 1 2	SIN 2 2	CHN 1 10	CHN 2 4	3rd	472
2016	CEPSA Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB12	Ferrari Type 059 3.0 V10	BHR 1 5	BHR 2 2	IND 1 Ret	IND 2 5	BRA 1 2	BRA 2 4	MEX 1 4	MEX 2 7	PAC 1 8	PAC 2 3	CYP 1 12	CYP 2 6	HUN 1 7	HUN 2 10	GER 1 Ret	GER 2 Ret	GBR 1 10	GBR 2 20	RUS 1 5	RUS 2 Ret	AUT 1 2	AUT 2 3	ITA 1 5	ITA 2 Ret	EUR 1 1	EUR 2 6	ESP 1 4	ESP 2 6	USA 1 6	USA 2 6	ABU 1 11	ABU 2 7	SIN 1 DSQ	SIN 2 6	JPN 1 Ret	JPN 2 1	CHN 1 4	CHN 2 Ret	7th	299
2017	CEPSA Red Bull Racing Ferrari	Red Bull RB13	Ferrari Type 059 3.0 V10	USA 1 6	USA 2 21	JPN 1 Ret	JPN 2 2	IND 1 14	IND 2 14	BHR 1 13	BHR 2 Ret	CYP 1 12	CYP 2 15	HUN 1 EX	HUN 2 19	GER 1 9	GER 2 Ret	GBR 1 Ret	GBR 2 20	AUS 1 7	AUS 2 Ret	PAC 1 Ret	PAC 2 13	MEX 1 9	MEX 2 Ret	AUT 1 12	AUT 2 15	ITA 1 11	ITA 2 11	EUR 1 8	EUR 2 11	ESP 1 11	ESP 2 11	ABU 1 16	ABU 2 20	RUS 1 C	RUS 2 C	BRA 1 11	BRA 2 12	CHN 1 10	CHN 2 12	20th	41
2018	Shougang WilliamsF1	Williams FW40	Ferrari Type 060 3.0 V10	USA 1	USA 2	JPN 1	JPN 2	BHR 1	BHR 2	TUR 1	TUR 2	CYP 1	CYP 2	MED 1	MED 2	GER 1 Ret	GER 2 5	FIN 1	FIN 2	RUS 1	RUS 2	SIN 1	SIN 2	AUS 1	AUS 2	GBR 1	GBR 2	FRA 1	FRA 2	NED 1	NED 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	ABU 1	ABU 2	CHN 1	CHN 2	MEX 1	MEX 2	BRA 1	BRA 2	26th	6