Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso Diaz (been born the 29 from 1981 July in Oviedo, Spain), pilot of Formula 1.

Personal life

Alonso has an older sister, Lorraine. The father of Alonso, Jose Luis, a pilot amateur of karts, wanted to transmit his passion to his children. He constructed kart, originally for Lorraine, of eight years but, unlike his brother of three, he did not show interest in the sport.

The pilot is at the moment the pair of Raquel of the Rosary, the vocalista of the Spanish band of MGP the dream of Morfeo. In November of 2006 a rumor arose that affirmed that the pair had contracted marriage, but since then this affirmation has refused.

At the moment it resides in Oxford, England, the United Kingdom, and owns a house near the Lake of Geneva, in Switzerland.

Beginnings in karts

Fernando Alonso initiated his career in the world of the engine with three years, seeing his ídolo of the childhood Ayrton Senna, when his father gave kart to him that he himself had constructed. That year first career gained his and when coming out initiated a training of the school next to its father, who exerted of mánager and mechanic. A year later obtained the official license of the Real Spanish Federation of Motoring.

In 1988, with 7 years, it obtained his first triumph in an official competition, the infantile championship of Asturias, winning the eight careers of which the evidence consisted. A year later, in 1989, champion of karts of Asturias and Galicia returned to proclaim itself.

Due to the exchanges of category the family could not be made charge of the expenses that caused the careers. Near the abandonment, the importer of karts Genís Marcó was in charge of the financing: he provided karts, he looked for sponsoring or he exerted he himself like so, saving the sport career of Fernando Alonso. In 1991, champion of Asturias and the Basque Country in category even proclaims itself cadets, reaching the subchampionship of Spain without participating in all the careers. He was champion of Spain in 1993 and 1994 like junior, which allowed him to compete the following year in the Championship of the World, granted a scholarship by the Real Spanish Federation of Motoring. In this championship it was third party, in front of Kimi Räikkönen among others.

In 1996 champion of Spain proclaimed itself, of the Summer Trophy of Italy, Marlboro Grand Prix and the Championship of the World Junior. The following year, he is due in the championships of Spain, Italy and Europe in the category the International A. In 1998 he returns to gain the championship of Spain, the Paris-Bercy Trophy, the championship Industry of Italy and the Open Ford.

Passages towards Formula 1

1999 the ex--pilot of Minardi Adrián entered scene Fields, that would become his mánager. The card like substitute of Marc Gené in the Nissan Formula, in which Alonso obtains 9 poles, 8 fast returns and 6 victories that in the end granted the championship to him Euro Open Movistar.

Of the Nissan Formula it happened to Formula 3000 in the Astromega equipment, where it was only joined with pilots of great category being behind Dark brown Junqueira, winner of the editing, Nicolas Minassian and Mark Webber. Alonso obtained pole and won in the career of Belgium and was second in the one of Hungary, being quarter in the general classification in the year of its unique debut and in which it was.

Formula 1

Minardi (2001)

Next it happened to Formula 1 fichado by Renault but transfered to Minardi like official pilot. With Minardi it made debut in the Great Premium of Australia of 2001, being the third younger pilot in doing it. Its better classification with Minardi was 10º put in the Great Premium of Germany. In the Great Premium of Japan it arrived to advance to the Toyota of Olivier Panis and to be in front of Jordan-Sling de Heinz-Harald Frentzen.

Renault (2002-2006)

2002, probador one

In 2002, it finalized his transfer to Minardi and was recovered by Flavio Briatore like probador pilot of Renault. The following year, one became official pilot of the equipment to the detriment of Jenson Button, who fichó by BAR. Alonso always has said that it laments that year of probador, since it was a lost year where it had been able to compete.

2003, the first victory

His first career with Renault was settled with a seventh position in Australia. The 22 of March of 2003 pole became the youngest pilot in obtaining one position and podio in Formula 1, with 21 years, in the Great Premium of Malaysia. In the Great Premium of Brazil of 2003 it suffered the most serious accident in its stay in Formula 1 when colliding in return 55 with a wheel of the car of Mark Webber, that had suffered an accident previously and had scattered the tails of its single-seater by the landing field. Nevertheless, this mishap did not prevent to obtain new podio him, because the career occurred by finalized with its accident, and the final positions were established in a return previous to the accident.

In the following career, the Great Premium of San Marino is in sixth position. In the Great Premium of Spain it occupies the second echelon of podio. After this distant one in Renault arrives his first, when in the Great Premium of Austria it broke the engine when it marched in the points after leaving from boxes. After this fiasco it obtains a fifth position in Monaco and two quarters put consecutive in the careers of Canada (where it also secures his first fast return) and Europe. After this good gust of wind two consecutive abandonments in the Great Premiums of France and the United Kingdom take place. In the Great Premium of Germany it is quarter again.

The 24 of August of the same year, in the Great Premium of Hungary, managed to be the youngest pilot in gaining a Great Premium, with 22 years. In the Great Premium of Italy it secures his final point of season 2003 finishing eighth after leaving last and suffering an accident in the exit. In the Great Premium of the Member States it undergoes an aviary in the engine. In the last career of the season, the Great Premium of Japan, also broke the engine when it went in the second place. Season 2003 in the sixth position of the World-wide one of Pilots finalized. Already then Briatore, in one interviews I let see the plans of Renault go to and fighting more by the title in the 2005. Later we would see that only it was necessary to wait for the 2004.

2004, the confirmation

Season 2004 of Formula 1 began well for the Asturian pilot, since the first career in Melbourne finalized third party. Half-full the season, Alonso obtained one pole and a second put in Magny Cours. Little later, it obtained other two consecutive podios in Hockenheim and Hungaroring. It did not add any victory that one season; nevertheless, the season with more points than in 2003 finished, obtaining the fifth position in the championship of pilots.

2005, the first title

The 20 of March of 2005, in the GP of Malaysia, Fernando Alonso secured his second victory and it became in addition Spanish aircraft commander in getting to lead the world-wide one of pilots. Alonso managed to be due four more also in the two following careers and another, totalizing seven triumphs at the end of the season, including the last great premium of the same.

The 25 of September of 2005, after the dispute of the GP of Brazil, made history when becoming the first Spanish and the youngest pilot, with 24 years, in being crowned world-wide champion of Formula 1, honor that until then showed Emerson Fittipaldi. In addition, in the same season it secured the championship of constructors, next to Giancar it Fisichella, for the Renault equipment.

The triumph secured in the GP of China was worth to him to equal the number of victories of Kimi Räikkönen, second in the world-wide one of pilots, which would also mean its victory with the system of previous score.

The 6 of September of 2005 the jury received the Premium Prince of Asturias of Deportes to the considered credit who “Its trajectory is the consequence of the firm desire by the triumph”. The premium was delivered the 21 to him of October.

The 19 of December of the 2005 announced that the pilot would leave escudería Renault to run with the colors of Mercedes-McLaren; its new equipment as of 2007. The 21 of June of 2006 receives the title of Favorite Son of the city of Oviedo.

2006, again champion

Season 2006 began the 12 of March with the Great Premium of Bahréin, in which it would be due Fernando Alonso. One week later, Alonso was second behind Giancar it Fisichella, which confirmed the good state of form of Renault. The Asturian one prevailed again in the Great Premium of Australia, where it would be confirmed that in this season the opponent major of Fernando would be the Ferrari de Michael Schumacher, who would gain following Great Premiums of San Marino and Europe both.

In the Great Premium of Spain of 2006, Alonso won again, gaining the first victory of a Spanish in the Great Premium of its house. Thus, the Spanish consolidated his leadership of the world-wide one of pilots in the three following careers, in which he obtained the initial position: the Great Premiums of Monaco, the United Kingdom (where it secured his first triplet) and Canada.

Nevertheless, the good gust of wind of the ovetense finished for the first time in the Great Premium of the Member States, where it finished in fifth position, being outside podio from last the fifteen careers. He was Michael Schumacher who took the triumph in the Circuit of Indianapolis. The German was also due in the Great Premiums of France, where Fernando finished second, and Germany, where the Asturian one returned to be in the fifth position, being lost already Asturian the good part of its advantage with respect to the German.

In the Great Premium of Hungary Fernando Alonso it was sanctioned by his actions in the free training, described by the FIA like “unnecessary unacceptable and dangerous”. Thus, Alonso started off from the fifteenth position in a career where rain was present. Fernando Alonso managed to overcome from the fifteenth the initial position, but after the second re-fuelling, an error of the mechanics with the nut of one of to its forced it tires to leave the career, in which Schumacher was eighth to trim a point to Alonso.

In the Great Premium of Turkey he obtained the second position, behind Felipe Massa and in front of Michael Schumacher. In the Great Premium of Italy he would be sanctioned to obstruct the fast return of Massa, and later he broke the engine of his R26 during the career, losing ten points with respect to Schumacher.

In the Great Premium of China, Fernando obtained pole. Already in the Equator of the career, he wasted time by two errors in pit. Finally, after realizing several fast returns, he finished behind Michael Schumacher, who finished first. Thus, both pilots were tied to 116 points, with advantage of victories for Schumacher. Nevertheless, the failure of engine in the Great Premium of Japan of the German ahead left to Fernando Alonso ten points for the last career of world-wide, in which it finished second, the two positions in front of the German. Thus, Alonso proclaimed bichampion of the world in the last career of season 2006 of Formula 1, the Great Premium of Brazil, that also would be the last career of Michael Schumacher.

McLaren (2007)

2007, third party in a year of controversies

The MP4/22, new car of Alonso, day 15 appeared of January in the City of the Arts and Sciences of Valencia, with a great putting in scene. In his first career with McLaren, the GP of Australia, is second behind the Finn Kimi Räikkönen and in front of Lewis Hamilton. The 8 of April first victory with escudería anglogermana in the Great Premium of Malaysia of 2007 obtains his, in front of Hamilton and Räikkönen. In Bahréin it is fifth after a difficult career, thus being even with Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Räikkönen to twenty-two points.

In the Great Premium of Spain of 2007, Alonso finished third party behind Massa and Hamilton after a touch with the Brazilian in the exit. The 27 of May, Alonso and Hamilton obtain the second doublet for McLaren in the Great Premium of Monaco, being the ovetense first, the Briton second and Massa third, whereas Räikkönen finished eighth. After the career, the FIA inspected to escudería McLaren by presumed orders of equipment to favor to Alonso to the detriment of Hamilton, but any measure against escudería was not taken or the pilot.

In the Great Premium of Canada of 2007, the Asturian one was seventh after an injured career, in which it had to refuel with the car of security in landing field, by it was penalized with 10 seconds of stop & go, due to the new prohibition of not refuelling with safety to car in landing field. After the penalty it overcame several positions to finish finally in the seventh place. Thus, Alonso lost the leadership for Lewis Hamilton, winner of the career. In Indianapolis, it was second behind Hamilton. The 22 of July, in the Great Premium of Europe of 2007, gained a new victory in front of Felipe Massa. Räikkönen and Hamilton did not manage to score. Thus, the Asturian one managed to trim the distance with the Briton of twelve to two points.

In Hungary it was sanctioned with the loss of five positions in grill to have blocked to Lewis Hamilton in pit-lane during the classification to avoid that it gave one more a return and it could obtain pole. Thus, Hamilton returned to win, whereas Alonso was only quarter. The Spanish obtained a third position in Turkey, behind Felipe Massa and Kimi Räikkönen, being the Briton fourth. In the Great Premium of Italy he obtained a tripleta (pole, returned fast and victory), in front of Hamilton and Räikkönen. In Belgium, third party finished, again in front of its teammate, remaining to two points of this one.

In the Great Premium of Japan, Alonso was forced to retire after a violent shock against the wall that left its bolide unsuitable, due to constant rain and the fog; in China he was his teammate that was forced to leave, after to have left the landing field in the entrance to pit-lane, and to see themselves run aground in gravel. Alonso finished second, behind Kimi Räikkönen, to only four points of the English for the last career of the season. In the Great Premium of Brazil of 2007, last appointment of the championship, could advance to Lewis Hamilton in the exit, that had also been advanced by Räikkönen. When trying the English to recover the third position, left landing field, losing several positions, and later, with a problem in his transmission, he was relegated to the last position. After the advancement of Kimi Räikkönen to Felipe Massa, the Finn finally crowned champion of the world with 110 points, having arrived third party, being Alonso third and Hamilton seventh. This left tied Alonso and Hamilton to 109 points, with the Briton ahead, since it added a put second more than the Spanish.

The 2 of November, the representative of the pilot made the rescission public of his contract with escudería angloalemana, and that it would not suppose to pay any indemnification to him.

Renault (2008-…)

The 10 of December of 2007, Alonso announced its return to Renault for season 2008, having signed a contract with escudería French. His companion of escudería during 2008 would be the Brazilian Nelson Piquet Jr. The duration of the contract is not known; diverse sources have assured that the contract with Renault lasts of one, two and three years. In statements to the press German, the pilot declared to have signed a contract “very flexible” until 2009.

Year 2008 has begun of irregular form for the ovetense, since it secured a good result in the Great Premium of Australia (4º put), but, however, after an improvable exit, it was not able to happen of 8º put in the Great Premium of Malaysia. Reason why it has been seen until now, does not seem that it can be between the best pilots this season, since the car is not sufficiently competitive. Nevertheless, the equipment promised improvements for the Great Premium of Spain, where Alonso classifies 2º to end up breaking the engine when it marched third party. In Turkey, but, it confirms the improvement of the R28 and finishes sixth after a great exit. In Monaco, Fernando has multitude of problems under rain, besides committing some error, and he does not manage to score. In Montreal it has problems with the gear box, that along with I spin a top make him leave. The bad yield of the car makes think that Fernando can decide to go away to BMW in 2009.

Controversies

• In the Great Premium of Europe of 2003, David Coulthard and Martin accused it to Whitmarsh to do brake test (to restrain abruptly when it is in front of another pilot, causing who the one of behind must restrain and evade to the one of ahead) to the Scottish pilot, but was not penalized. The commissioners of the Great Premium issued the following official notice: “After listening to see them the videos and the telemetry of the cars it was verified no that responsibility in the incident were”.

• In the Great Premium of Hungary of 2006, test to Robert Doornbos did brake during the training, and was sanctioned with the addition of a second to each of its times of the classification. The commissioners described their maneuvers as “unnecessary unacceptable and dangerous”.

• In the Great Premium of Italy of 2006, it was sanctioned by “to block deliberately to the car of Felipe Massa in its fast return”. Asturian, that considered that it had not obstructed at any moment the Brazilian, declared that “no longer it considered plus the Formula a 1 sport”.

• In the Great Premium of Europe of 2007, Alonso blamed Massa in front of the cameras to have tried to throw it of the landing field during its advancement to the Brazilian, arriving at a discussion with this one. Nevertheless, the career apologized subsequent to in the press conference.

• In the classification of the Great Premium of Hungary of 2007, when both McLaren was in boxes, Alonso arrested to its teammate, Lewis Hamilton, that at that moment had the first place, preventing so it could give a new return. It would have to be considered that, in theory, Alonso must have given one more a return than Hamilton, but the Briton left first and it did not allow that it advanced it to the Spanish to have the extra return. Thus Alonso was delayed five positions in the exit grill and escudería McLaren-Mercedes lost the points of that one career. With the later disqualification of escudería anglogermana in the Championship of Constructors, this incidence supposed the total deterioration in the reports of Alonso with his escuderia.

• After the Great Premium of Hungary of 2007, Rum Dennis said that it had maintained a discussion with Alonso and that it threatened it to the ovetense making the existence public of evidence in the case of espionage to Ferrari. Dennis declared to have called to the FIA and to inform them into the existence of the new evidence. Nevertheless, Alonso declared that the version of Dennis is false, and that it went the one who spoke to the FIA of the existence of the evidence.

• In 2007, Alonso knew that McLaren had secret investigation of Ferrari but it did not inform into it. Nevertheless, when the FIA asked to Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Pedro the Martinez of the Pattern who sent any investigation regarding the case of espionage, under penalty of that if found investigation that implied to them it would retire the superlicense to them, the Spaniards sent e-mails in which they commented different aspects as the distribution from weight of the Ferrari, system of brakes, tires, fund of the single-seater, etc. These electronic mails were previous to the date in which the engineer of the Scuderia Ferrari delivered the confidential dossier to his homologous one of McLaren.

• In the Great Premium of Bahréin of 2008, after going out the exit traffic light, the single-seater of Lewis Hamilton I am slowed down losing this way enough positions. To the few curves one was persecuting its ex--companion Fernando Alonso, to whom he attacked behind in the heat of straight. Initially some English mass media proclaimed that the fault was of the Spanish pilot, to restrain or to stop accelerating of deliberate way to bring about the accident, a well-known maneuver like “brake test”. After the career the telemetry of the pilot of Renault appeared, that showed that never it stopped stepping on the accelerator in the straight line, exempting to him of any fault. Later the Briton affirmed that the fault of the collision was hers and that had not been nothing else that a “career incident”.

Results in Formula 1

Summary per years

Summary by careers

The text in bold indicates pole position; the text in cursive indicates fast return.

Alonsomanía

In Spain it is known popularly as Alonsomanía the phenomenon fan generated around the figure of Fernando Alonso. The irruption of the Asturian pilot in the circuits has supposed a height without precedents in the interest by Formula 1 in Spain. Television, the careers of Alonso have become the sport broadcastings with more hearing of the country, sometimes even over soccer.

The fans of Alonso clearly usually identify with the colors blue and jaundice of the flag of Asturias. Accidentally, they are the same colors that escudería Renault F1 had until season 2007, with that the pilot obtained his first titles. Clubs of fans present more important is the Club F1 Oviedo and the Rock Asturias F1, that follow to him all the great premiums. At the moment numerous rocks as much in Spain exist as abroad. The case of Hungary is peculiar, one of the countries where fans has Alonso outside Spain more.

Curiosities

• He is Ambassador of Good Will of UNICEF.

• He practices cycling, tennis, swimming and soccer, being his favorite equipment Real Madrid and Real Oviedo. Sport his ídolo is the cyclist Lance Armstrong.

• It has manifolds nicknames: in house it is the Nano and in the Magic landing field.

• When it removed the membership card to lead with 18 years being taken a Renault Mégane, “to go too slow” committed a minor offense. The peculiar thing is that it already was an expert consomme' that piloted single-seaters to more than 250 km/h. According to he himself, during the previous to the examination their relatives and known days did not do more than to remember to him than he did not run.

• The Melendi singer went with him to his school during a year and anniversary dedicated to the song “Magic Alonso” to him for its 24. The song was issued by Telecinco during the broadcasting of the Great Premium of Hungary of 2005.

• In 2006, it lent his voice to double to one of the personages of the Cars film of the Pixar company.

• The 6 of April of 2008, supported by its main sponsor, a position of use like “professional fan” to one of its followers published an announcement classified in the Spanish press offering, so that this one accompanies to him in all the Great Premiums of the season and maintains blog that it allows him to be in direct bonding with his liking. In hardly 4 days, there were 24,000 followers of Alonso enrolled to the job offer in aficionadoprofesional.com, website that transacts the selection trial.

He also sees myself

• Fédération Internationale of l'Automobile
• Real Spanish Federation of Motoring
• Formula 1

References

1. ↑ Of plebian to king. How Alonso got to be the youngest champion of history
2. ↑ Coupe DES 5 Continents Junior CIK-FIA 1996 Final Ranking
3. ↑ Alonso would win with the old system
4. ↑ Alonso, sanctioned with 2 seconds for the official training of the GP of Hungary. The news in page Web of the Imprisonment To be (2006). Consulted 2007-07-24.
5. 'Kimi Raikkonen prevails with authority in the Great Premium of Malaysia'
6. ↑ “Alonso terminates its contract with McLaren”, in the Country
7. ↑ “Alonso returns to Renault”
8. ↑ the press does not agree with the duration of the contract of Alonso
9. ↑ Fernando Alonso can leave Renault at the end of 2008
10. ↑ The future of Alonso is decided in July
11. ↑ FIA publishes e-mails between Alonso and Of the Pattern
12. ↑ Noticiasdot.com - the F1 shoots the advertizing income of Telecinco: it will invoice 10 million Euros more (1 of June 2005)
13. ↑ Ace - the “Alonsomanía” was born with the first victory (22 of August 2007)
14. ↑ Biography of Fernando Alonso
15. ↑ Interview to Melendi in the program the Anthill (18-01-2008). Consulted 17-02-2008.
16. 'Job offer: Fernando Alonso looks for professional fan (Europe Press)' (05-04-2008).
17. '24,000 enrolled ones to the job offer of “'professional fan” in only 4 days (Daily Mark) (10-04-2008).

Bibliography

• New king-Champion Fernando Alonso, Josep Viaplana, Editings B

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