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.

Formula One

2001

Alonso's Formula One debut would come at 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.

2002

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.

2003

Button would vacate the team following a bust-up with team principal Flavio Briatore in the 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.

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
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 BAH
1
Ret
BAH
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