Fernando Alonso


 
 

Fernando Alonso D?az (born on July 29, 1981 in Oviedo, Spain) is a Formula One racing driver, currently living in Oxford. On September 25 2005 he won the World Driver's Championship title at the age of 24 years and 59 days, thus breaking Emerson Fittipaldi's record of being the youngest F1 champion, and ending Michael Schumacher's run of five consecutive championships.

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A native of Oviedo in the Asturias province of northern Spain, Alonso is a long time veteran of karting; he won three Spanish Karting Titles (1994, 1996 and 1997); he was the World Junior Karting champion in 1996; and he raced in the European Kart championship, placing second.

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In 1999, Alonso made the jump to open-wheel cars, racing the Spanish Nissan Open series. Then only 18 years old, he became the series champion, immediately earning him a ticket to Formula 3000 in 2000. A win at Spa-Francorchamps highlighted a very solid fourth place in the drivers championship, and Alonso was off for Formula One in 2001.


 

July 29: July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining....

1981: 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar....

Oviedo: Oviedo (Asturian, Uvi?u; Latin, Ovetus) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain....


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Introduction
Early years
Formula One years
Laurels
Podiums and wins
Formula One career results
See also
External links
 
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Spain (3) - Oviedo (2) - July 29 (2) - Asturias (2) - 2000 (1) - Spa-Francorchamps (1) - 1999 (1) - Nissan (1) - Formula 3000 (1) - 2001 (1) - Gregorian calendar (1) - Asturian (1) - Latin (1) - Leap year (1) - Gregorian Calendar (1) -
 

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