Fernando Alonso is Spanish and is a driver.
Fernando Alonso . He is often regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers in the history of the sport . Born in Oviedo , the capital of the autonomous region of Asturias , Alonso started in karting from the age of 3 . , Alonso is the only Spanish driver to have won a Formula One Grand Prix and is the driver with the sixth highest number of Grand Prix wins , with . Oviedo ( [ oˈβjeðo ] ; Asturian : Uviéu ) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region .