fernando alonso

Car	1
Nationality	Spanish
Date of Birth	29/07/1981
Place of Birth	Oviedo , Spain
Height	1.71m
Weight	68kg
Resident	UK
Favourite Music	Spanish pop, Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Hobbies	Football, training, cycling
Website	www.fernandoalonso.com

Formula 1 Statistics (after Canadian Grand Prix)
Grand Prix Debut	2001 Australian GP
Grand Prix Starts	93
Grand Prix Points	21
Grand Prix Wins	17
Pole Positions	16
Fastest Laps	9
First Pole Position	2003 Malaysian GP
First Podium	2003 Malaysian GP - 3rd
First Race Win	2003 Hungarian GP
Number of Finishes	71
Number of Podiums	41
Number of finishes in Points	61
Number of Doubles (pole position & win)	10
Number of Trebles (pole position, win & fastest lap)	2

Formula 1
2007	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Driver
2006	Renault F1 Team: Formula 1 Drivers' World Champion; 134 points; winner in Bahrain, Australia, Spain, Monaco, Britain, Canada and Japan; second in Malaysia, San Marino, European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, France, Turkey, China and Brazil
2005	Renault F1 Team: Formula 1 Drivers' World Champion; 133 points; the youngest driver ever to be crowned World Champion at 24 years and 59 days; winner in Malaysia, Bahrain, San Marino, European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, France, Germany and China; second in Spain, Britain, Turkey, Italy and Belgium; third in Australia, Brazil and Japan
2004	Renault F1 Team: fourth in the Drivers' Championship; 59 points; second in France ; third in Australia , Germany and Hungary
2003	Renault F1 Team: sixth in the Drivers' Championship; 55 points; first in Hungary, the youngest driver ever to win a Formula 1 race less than a month after his 22 nd birthday; scored his first pole position in Malaysia and at just 21 was the youngest driver to ever achieve this in Formula 1; second in Spain; third in Malaysia and Brazil
2002	Renault F1 Team: Test Driver
2001	Minardi F1: finished 10 th at the German Grand Prix

Competition History
2000	F3000 Championship: fourth in the Championship; winner in Spa-Francorchamps, two podiums and one pole position
1999	Euro-Open Championship; Championship winner in his single seater debut; six wins and nine pole positions
1998	Karting Inter A class; Spanish Champion; first in the Paris Bercy Trophy; first in the Industry trophy ( Italy ); first in the Open Ford trophy
1997	Karting Inter A class; Spanish Champion; Italian Champion; pole position and nine wins in the European Championship
1996	Karting Junior class: World Champion; Spanish Champion; first in the Estival trophy ( Italy )
1995	Karting Junior class: Spanish Champion, third in World Championship
1993 & 94	Karting Junior class: Spanish Champion
1991	Karting Cadet class: Runner-up in Spanish Championship
1990	Karting Cadet class: Champion of Asturias and the Basque Country
1988 & 89	Karting Rookie class: Champion of Asturias and Galicia
1984	First ever Karting race at the age of three