FFernando Alonso celebrates his 400th Grand Prix in Mexico this weekend, An Indian figure in the history of Formula 1. He didn’t race with all of them because sometimes he retired on the formation lap and there are always disparate numbers according to the source, but whether he left or not, finished or not, it’s his 400th race for his purposes, his team and Formula 1. His new helmet, already an instant classic, testifies to this.
It is already the longest sports career in Formula 1 at more than 21 years, They will reach 23 because he renewed two seasons with Aston Martin. With also over 450 races , more than a third of all races contested in history since 1951 In which he led against 98 competitors. And a citation for almost everyone because Fernando’s balance In front of all his colleagues From the Formula 1 team He is in his favor with 292 to 107 in qualifying and 262 to 117 in the Grand Prix, With a record 20 double retirements in races. His average speed in Formula 1 is 186.634 km / h in 578 hours he was racing in Formula 1, 24 days.
When Fernando made his debut in Formula 1, Oscar Piastri was not even born
Fernando competed against four Formula 1 drivers who were not born when he debuted in March 2001. These are Oscar Piastri (born April 2001), William Lawson (born February 2002), Franco Colapinto (born May 2003) and Ole Berman (born the day Fernando finished on the podium of the Spanish Grand Prix in May 2005).
Such an impressive figure is almost in any sport forI’ve been on Lightroom for all this time. Perhaps even with Nadal and Federer (24 years old), menegin (28) or athletes like Bekele and Kipchoge who have passed 20.
But none of them has gone through the storm of changes and regulations, for cars and racing itself, that Fernando has lived since 2001. Swimmers in swimming, shoes in racing, lightness of materials in cycling and tennis have mastered their sport, But they did not change their physiognomy as it happens in Formula 1 for those who were turned around by organizational storms.
Compete against Formula 1 drivers from 80
Fernando made his Formula 1 debut at the 2001 Australian Grand Prix, a race in which Frenchman Jean Alesi, who debuted in 1989, also took part. This means that there is still a driver on the grid in 2024 who competed against a driver who was active in Formula 1 in 1980.
So Fernando did not race in Formula 1 , but took part in ten different races , where he was reinventing his leadership and strategy: With Ordinary enginesFrom 3, 2.4 and 1.6 liters, in Version 10, Version 8 and hybrid configuration, current and the next one coming in 2026, With and without “pit stops” For refueling gasoline, With scratched and smooth frames, Without changing tires and with two mandatory, with free tests and without testing, With and without kers , with and without CIS , with Hans and without Hans, With aura and without L, ground effect now, no traction control before, With 10 points to win and with 25, Scoring 6 and then 10, with a clinical classification, one hour, then with the classification divided between Saturday and Sunday, the current stage is in three stages, charged in euros and pesetas (and even in lira), He started with Motorola and almost without the internet at Minardi, then moved to Nokia at Renault and saw the birth of the iPhone at McLaren… 2026 will be the last leap forward already with 50% electric and conventional engines, the chassis is in attack and defense mode and Other things Fernando is no longer afraid of.
That’s why it’s a real encyclopedia with legs. He knows more than almost all team leaders, almost all strategists, and sometimes, more often, his mechanics or engineers. When many of them leave, he already returns. The fastest thing in Formula 1, pit stops for him happen slowly, he did 735, like a five-hour stop, nothing changes him.
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Winning another Formula 1 race after all these years will be a real statement: never give up, always fight for your dreams, follow your passion, do what you want to do. Winning the Grand Prix and the championship is still my priority now
Alonso made his debut in 2001 with Acol Minardi without assistant direction, As he says, an iron made him dizzy after the first day of real training. It is so physically demanding that the neck and arms ended up melting, and his head was spinning as if in a washing machine. Now, at the age of 43, he gets out of cars as a child because Formula 1 has become more endurance than sprinting, we have to save. “If he wants, he can race until he turns 50,”his Renault teammate Giancarlo Fisichella told Marca.
Fernando competed in the tenth part of all passes in the world
Fernando participated in 29 different passes on five continents during his Formula 1 career, which is equal to 12 percent of all nations on the planet. In the process, he led 36 different circles.
“It’s true that ground-effect cars were a little harder, but the seats, comfort, safety, equipment, helmets, everything has evolved to be a better place for drivers. Then I think that The pace of the car on Sunday is very slow compared to the past. When we load fuel, we have to save tires, energy, etc. Usually the only physically stressful or difficult moment of the weekend is qualifying, which is very short. So there is no problem with staying in terms of physical conditions, it’s more mental, travel, events and stress, and this is probably what affects you the most at the moment,” he says.
There are people who followed me in 2000, saw me win the world championship and now their sons, daughters, watch Formula 1 and support me; they watch races with their parents. It’s incredible to think that I am this link, among them in terms of their passion for sports.
On the way you manage two years With Verstappen’s father and six others now with the son , as with Schumacher, father and son. He has seen rivals like Vettel debut and retire. He is everyone’s rival, The Godfather of many, and has united generations of drivers and fans who grew up with him and now share him with their children. It remains only that the victory, after 12 years, or the fight for the title will raise his character even more to the moon.
No Metaphora. Fernando arrived at the moon by car. The distance between the Earth and the moon is between 360,000 and 405,000 kilometers , and on all weekends at the Grand Prix and official test sessions, Fernando overcame the 360,000 kilometer barrier at the wheel of a Formula 1 single-seater car. He traveled a lot by plane, so much so that he made the equivalent of 50 trips around the world.
And what did you miss more about that Formula 1 of the beginning of the century? Fernando pulls out humor: “refueling, gave a lot of strategies , fast cars on Sundays, the sound of the engine , great sponsors, Barbecue girls, barbecue guys, we had it all…”.
She is one of the greatest legends of World Sports, who had many of the best records when she was young and now she is starting to accumulate them on the other side, from the veteran while triumphing in Tik Tok. How can I add this third crown, writing a page I have not seen in sports.
I would love my name to stay up a little longer than most people, but it will be very difficult because we live in the present, not in the past. Things are taking their course. It’s just a natural way of things
