Date of Birth - 29th July 1981 Country - Spain Team - Renault Fernando Alonso's father built him a kart when he was two years old and he started racing seriously when he was 13 years old.
He won the Spanish cadet national kart title in 1994.
In 1996 he won the World Junior Karting title and he continued in karts for another 3 years until he moved into car racing in the Nissan Open series in Spain.
He won the title at his first attempt and then moved into Formula 3000 backed by Telefonica.
He raced for Team Astromega, won the race at Spa and finished fourth in the series.
He was signed to a management contract by Flavio Briatore and was soon named as a Minardi test driver.
In 2001he became the number one driver for the team.
After an impressive first season Fernando Alonso became the Renault test driver in 2002 with the knowledge that he would move into the race team in 2003.
This did happen and he won his first G.
P.
in August at the Hungary race.
The 2005 and 2006 Formula One Champion and the youngest ever.
What's in store for him this year? Well he's currently 2nd in the championship behind his rookie team mate, Lewis Hamilton, and complaining and trying to fight for his position as number one driver at Mclaren Mercedes.
He's surely going to have the pressure on him from the not too far behind Ferrari's of Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Mass so he's going to try everything possible to keep his title and go for his third championship in a row.
We'll just have to wait and let this intriguing championship unfold.