







The Most Famous
Racing Drivers from Spain
Trending Racing Drivers from Spain This Week
The top 10 Racing Drivers from Spain trending on Wikipedia in the past 7 days, with a quick note on what drove the spike.
- #1

Fernando Alonso
b. 1981
Trending in Hungarian (#10), Spanish (#14), Japanese (#48), Dutch (#63), Italian (#69), French (#96), Portuguese (#126), Polish (#128),...
- #2

Pedro Acosta
b. 2004
Trending in Italian (#238) Wikipedia (1,099 views, on Mar 29).
- #3

Joan Mir
b. 1997
Trending in Italian (#297) Wikipedia (966 views, on Mar 29).
This page contains a list of the greatest Spanish Racing Drivers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,080 Racing Drivers, 62 of which were born in Spain. This makes Spain the birth place of the 6th most number of Racing Drivers behind France and Germany.
Top 10 Spanish Racing Drivers
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Spanish Racing Drivers of all time. This list of famous Spanish Racing Drivers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Spanish Racing Drivers.
- #1

Fernando Alonso
b. 1981
HPI 69.33104 langsFernando Alonso is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and a two-time World Champion who is currently racing for McLaren. He is the youngest...Read moreShow less
Fernando Alonso is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and a two-time World Champion who is currently racing for McLaren. He is the youngest driver to win a Formula One World Championship, which he achieved at the age of 24 years and 58 days.
- #2

Carlos Sainz
b. 1962
HPI 68.5041 langsSpanish racing driver
- #3

Ángel Nieto
1947 - 2017
HPI 65.1128 langsSpanish motorcycle racer
- #4

Carlos Sainz Jr.
b. 1994
HPI 62.1854 langsSpanish racing driver
- #5

Pedro de la Rosa
b. 1971
HPI 60.3445 langsSpanish racing driver
- #6

Marc Márquez
b. 1993
HPI 59.5245 langsSpanish motorcycle racer
- #7

Emilio de Villota
b. 1946
HPI 59.3922 langsSpanish racing driver
- #8

Alex Soler-Roig
b. 1931
HPI 58.7322 langsSpanish racing driver
- #9

Paco Godia
1921 - 1990
HPI 57.6819 langsracecar driver (1921-1990)
- #10

Adrián Campos
1960 - 2021
HPI 56.7728 langsSpanish racing driver
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Spanish Racing Drivers grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
2000s(1)
1990s(15)
1980s(19)
1970s(11)
1930s(1)
1920s(2)
1900s(1)
Overlapping Lives
Which Racing Drivers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 9 most globally memorable Racing Drivers since 1700.



































