Fernando Alonso: Learning More About The Man Behind The Wheel

Fernando Alonso has a total of 32 wins and his current team is Toyota Gazoo Racing. Alonso was born in Oviedo, Austrias to a working-class family and he began kart racing at the age of 17 he won the Euro open by Nisaan in 1999 and he was also fourth in the international Formula 3000 Championship of 2000. Fernando Alonso had debuted in Formula One with Minardi in 2001 before he joined Renault as a test driver for 2002. Fernando Alonso also has an elder sister named Lorena, who is a doctor. He attended the Institute named Leopoldo Alas Clarin of San Lazaro. Overall Alonso had a good background. Alonso was good in his academics and he was even permitted to study away from home when he disobeyed his mother's orders and attended classes.

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Fernando Alonso and Button had been announced as McLaren-Honda drivers for 2015 and this was also when Button had held his new team. Alonso and Button and three world titles and 47 Grand Prix wins. They have these between them and are known as the strongest line-up on the grid and because of this even Mercedes and Ferrari may have something to say. These two when put together can provide a direct comparison of two of the biggest stars in the sport. Fernando is said to be the drivers' driver and is also known as the best out there for this sport. He is also known as the formula 1's gold standard even in the eyes of many in the world champion Lewis Hamilton. As it is said by many that Alonso is one of the best drivers and he is a complete package as he is the quickest out there in this field. In McLaren, 2007 both Hamilton and Alonso had a very close match; they ended the season with tied points. Although it was a tough competition and such a close competition, they had a fair one and it felt like a real competition.

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Historical Analogy:

Fernando Alonso is known to have joined McLaren-Honda because of the reformed partnership's historical resonance. It is very well known that Alonso's first kart was painted orange and white colours of the McLaren-Honda cars in the 1980s and his imagination was fired by the domination of the team and they enjoyed with Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost. It is also said that back in 1988-1989, there was no doubt that Senna was generally faster than the two McLaren-Honda drivers. But Alonso had shared the aspects of Senna's intensity and vivid attacking style on the track. He is simply the best and he proved it. There were even days during the French, Portuguese and Spanish Grands Prix of 1988, when Prost got in his car, Senna couldn't even go near it. There was very little difference between them. And who knows if history will repeat itself? Whatever it may be Alonso made a huge difference and it was seen clearly by everyone and he always gave close competition to all. He is also known as the best when it comes to race driving.