RACING DRIVER

Fernando Alonso

1981 - Today

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Fernando Alonso Díaz (Spanish pronunciation: [feɾˈnando aˈlonso ˈði.aθ] ; born 29 July 1981) is a Spanish racing driver, who competes in Formula One for Aston Martin. Alonso has won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in 2005 and 2006 with Renault, and has won 32 Grands Prix across 21 seasons. In endurance racing, Alonso won the 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship and is a two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Toyota, and remains the only driver to have won both the World Drivers' Championship and the World Endurance/Sportscar Championship; he also won the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2019 with WTR. Born in Oviedo, Asturias to a working-class family, Alonso began kart racing aged three and achieved success in local, national, and world championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fernando Alonso has received more than 12,033,691 page views. His biography is available in 102 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 99 in 2019). Fernando Alonso is the 34th most popular racing driver (up from 36th in 2019), the 284th most popular biography from Spain (down from 282nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Racing Driver.

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.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 102

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Fernando Alonso ranks 34 out of 1,080. Before him are Nigel Mansell, Giacomo Agostini, Alfonso de Portago, Carlos Reutemann, Carlos Sainz, and Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior. After him are Roland Ratzenberger, John Surtees, Jody Scheckter, Mika Häkkinen, Mike Hawthorn, and Walter Röhrl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Fernando Alonso ranks 6. Before him are Zlatan Ibrahimović, Xabi Alonso, Iker Casillas, Natalie Portman, and Roger Federer. After him are Alicia Keys, Samuel Eto'o, Britney Spears, David Villa, Beyoncé, and Serena Williams.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Fernando Alonso ranks 284 out of 3,355. Before him are Postumus (250), Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1402), Muhammad I of Granada (1194), Abraham Abulafia (1240), Liuvigild (525), and Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria (1609). After him are Ildefons Cerdà (1815), Ibn Zuhr (1091), Jesús Franco (1930), Marcus Annius Verus (100), Al-Hakam I (770), and Sancho IV of Castile (1258).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Spain

Among racing drivers born in Spain, Fernando Alonso ranks 2. Before him are Carlos Sainz (1962). After him are Ángel Nieto (1947), Pedro de la Rosa (1971), Emilio de Villota (1946), Marc Márquez (1993), Alex Soler-Roig (1931), Dani Pedrosa (1985), Paco Godia (1921), Jorge Lorenzo (1987), Antonio Creus (1924), and Ricardo Tormo (1952).

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