Fernando Alonso

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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.

2006-2008: Honda

Mere weeks after securing the World Championship, Alonso was revealed as Honda's lead driver in their first season as an outright manufacturer since taking over the BAR team. Although no figures were released, it is believed that Alonso's three year deal made him the highest paid driver in Formula One at the time. Unfortunately for Alonso he was not able to challenge for a repeat, as the RA106, whilst a competitive car and a significant improvement over the last BAR car, was not capable of challenging for wins on merit. Alonso's best result was a second place in the Hungarian Grand Prix.

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
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