🇪🇸 Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso is an elite professional racing driver with a Racer Rating of 7,550, placing him in the top tier of active competitors. This level denotes a race winner at the very top: a driver who beats world-class professionals regularly and competes for championships on the global stage. Alonso has competed across 25 seasons from 2001 to 2026, accumulating 449 starts across Formula 1, the World Endurance Championship, IndyCar and IMSA sports-car racing. His record encompasses 38 wins and 114 podiums, with an average finishing position of P6.8 across all classified starts.[1]

In Formula 1, where Alonso has spent the bulk of his career, he holds three world championships, secured in 2005 and 2006 with Renault and 2018 in the WEC; his tally of 32 Grand Prix wins across 438 starts reflects sustained performance among the sport's elite. His most frequent Formula 1 rivals have included Lewis Hamilton (9-time champion, whom Alonso finished ahead of 81 times but behind 187 times across 268 shared races) and four-time champions Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen; against the latter two, Alonso has shown the limitations of seniority, accumulating losing records of 67-121 and 10 finishes ahead respectively. Against Jenson Button and Felipe Massa, Alonso established clear superiority with records of 121-69 and 129-55. His diversification into endurance racing yielded notable success; he won five races and seven podiums across eight WEC starts with Toyota Gazoo Racing between 2018 and 2019, and claimed victory in a single IMSA WeatherTech start the same year. Alonso continues to race in Formula 1 for Aston Martin, where recent reports indicate discussions around his future contingent on technical regulations and team performance.[2]