01
2001
Minardi
Rookie season at the back of the grid.
Fernando Alonso
The grid's longest career, spanning Minardi to Aston Martin, with two titles that ended Ferrari's early-2000s dominance.
- Titles
- 2
- Wins
- 32
- Poles
- 22
- Podiums
- 106
- Starts
- 410
- Teams
- 8
Career Chronology
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8 of 8 team stints shown · 1970 — 2023
2 championship seasons in this range:2005 · 2006
Full career totals
1970 — 2023 · 20 seasons- Races
- 380
- Wins
- 32
- Podiums
- 106
- Poles
- 22
- Championships
- 2
Win rate 8.4%Podium rate 27.9%Points 2259Best season 2005 (7 wins, 15 podiums)Titles 2005, 2006
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03
2003 — 2006
Renault
World champion in 2005 and 2006.
- 2005 title
- 2006 title
07
2007
McLaren
One season alongside rookie Hamilton; tied on points.
08
2008 — 2009
Renault
Return to Enstone; wins at Singapore and Fuji.
10
2010 — 2014
Ferrari
Runner-up three times, twice by fewer than four points.
15
2015 — 2018
McLaren
The Honda years; 'GP2 engine'.
21
2021 — 2022
Alpine
Podium in Qatar 2021 after two years away.
23
2023 — Present
Aston Martin
Eight podiums in 2023; the team's most successful season.
- 2005 title
- 2006 title
The Long Version
He debuted with Minardi in 2001 as a Renault-contracted test driver.
Back-to-back championships with Renault in 2005 and 2006 made him the youngest champion at the time.
A single acrimonious McLaren season in 2007 was followed by five near-misses at Ferrari.
After Le Mans and Indy detours he returned in 2021, joining Aston Martin in 2023 and taking eight podiums.
Where Those Teams Went
McLaren Formula 1 Team3 identities
Founded by a driver, saved by a merger, and rebuilt three separate times into a championship machine.
Aston Martin Aramco6 identities
Five identities in thirty years. Eddie Jordan's underfunded yellow upstart is now a Lawrence Stroll-funded works marque.
Visa Cash App Racing Bulls4 identities
Giancarlo Minardi's back-of-the-grid Italian team survived by becoming Red Bull's driver academy — and won two races anyway.
BWT Alpine F1 Team6 identities
The Enstone team has raced as Toleman, Benetton, Renault, Lotus, Renault again and now Alpine — winning titles under two of those names.