Fernando Alonso popularly known as El Nano was born on 29, July 1981 in Oviedo, Austrias in northern Spain (age 34)
He is a Spanish Formula One racing driver who made his debut with Minardi in 2001
He started off competing in Karting competitions around Spain
He won his first world championship on 25 September 2005 at the age of 24 years and 58 days, at the time making him the youngest Formula One World Drivers' Champion. After retaining the title the following year, also became the youngest double Champion at the time.
He was married to Raquel del Rosario from 2006 until 2011
In his first season in Formula 3000, he finished 4th in points behind Bruno Junqueria
Alonso also had become the youngest driver to win a pole position and Grand Prix respectively in the 2003 Malaysian Grand Prix and the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix.
As of March 2015, Alonso is the only Spanish driver to have won a Formula One Grand Prix and is the driver with the sixth highest number of Grand Prix wins.
He's currently racing for McLaren-Honda
Happy Birthday El Nano
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