I guess Fernando has a lot to thank his sister for – it’s a well known fact that when Fernando was just three his father made a kart for eight year old Lorena (“but she’s a girl” you could hear Fernando muttering).  Lorena apparently took one look at it and went back to her dolls.  And so it was that the two-time WDC title holder’s career started. Born Fernando Alonso Díaz on 29 July 1981 in Oviedo, Spain, he was just seven years old when he entered his first races in karting in 1988 and won all eight. In the early 90s More >