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Fernando Alonso
Two-time world champion (2005, 2006) and the grid's most experienced driver. He remains at Aston Martin for 2026, a season in which the team partners with Honda power and Adrian Newey's design input.
14The story
Fernando Alonso, from Oviedo in Spain, is a two-time World Champion and one of the most complete drivers ever to race in Formula 1. He debuted with Minardi in 2001 and won back-to-back titles with Renault in 2005 and 2006, ending Ferrari’s and Michael Schumacher’s dominance.
His career has spanned the sport’s biggest names: a turbulent 2007 at McLaren alongside rookie Hamilton, a return to Renault, five seasons with Ferrari that yielded three championship near-misses, and a difficult McLaren-Honda spell. He then stepped away to win the Le Mans 24 Hours twice and the World Endurance Championship, and to chase the Indianapolis 500 and Dakar Rally, before returning to F1 with Alpine in 2021.
Since joining Aston Martin in 2023 he has rolled back the years, scoring a flurry of podiums. In 2026, still the grid’s most experienced driver, he leads the team into its new era with Honda power and Adrian Newey’s design influence.
- 2001MinardiFormula 1 debut season with the plucky Italian backmarker.
- 2003 – 2006RenaultBack-to-back World Champion in 2005 and 2006.
- 2007McLarenA single, combustible season alongside rookie Lewis Hamilton.
- 2008 – 2009RenaultReturned to the team where he had won his titles.
- 2010 – 2014Scuderia FerrariThree championship runner-up finishes in five seasons in red.
- 2015 – 2018McLarenA tough chapter in the McLaren-Honda years before a sabbatical to sportscars and beyond.
- 2021 – 2022AlpineA Formula 1 comeback with the renamed Renault works team.
- 2023 – presentAston MartinA run of podiums and a leadership role as the team partners with Honda for 2026.