Top 50 Quotes & Sayings by Fernando Alonso

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Spanish driver Fernando Alonso.

Last updated on December 25, 2024.

Fernando Alonso Díaz is a Spanish racing driver currently competing for Alpine in Formula One. He won the series' World Drivers' Championship in 2005 and 2006 with Renault, and has also driven for McLaren, Ferrari, and Minardi. With Toyota, Alonso won the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice, in 2018 and 2019, and the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2018–19. He also won the 24 Hours of Daytona with Wayne Taylor Racing in 2019.

Spanish - Driver | Born: July 29, 1981

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The day that arrives the first victory or the first win for McLaren-Honda will be a massive achievement for all of us.

Fernando Alonso

For me, it was not destiny to make it to where I am now - I thought for a long- time I would become a go-kart mechanic, or a job like this, not an F1 driver.

Fernando Alonso

I miss winning. I miss being on the podium.

Fernando Alonso

It is true - maybe with five or seven points more, I could be five times world champion. But on the other hand, I could have zero world championships, and zero wins or zero podiums, because F1 is an extremely competitive environment. So I just take the positives, and I am happy with my achievements.

Fernando Alonso

After five years in Ferrari, being second all the time, I think it was enough for me.

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If you challenge yourself and try to be the best in all areas, you have to be a complete driver.

Fernando Alonso

With Ferrari sometimes, you win or you lose depending on what the mood of the team in general, of the group in general.

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My idea is to win all the iconic motor sport races in the world.

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I want to live a normal life that I never had the opportunity to do for many years.

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In Spain there were no TV rights for Formula One.

Fernando Alonso

You can play basketball and have a magic night and score 40 points with your team-mates and win the game. There are favourites for the World Cup, but you can't guarantee Germany, Spain, or Brazil will win, but here, everyone can guarantee that Mercedes or Ferrari will win the race, and this is very sad for the sport.

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I look at myself as someone who has been very lucky - my job is also what I enjoy most in the world, and I can make my life doing it.

Fernando Alonso

I adapt my driving style more or less to anything, from go-kart to motorbike to wet, more downforce, less downforce, Pirelli, Bridgestone, Michelin, V8, V6, whatever.

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It is difficult to take in how long you have been doing one thing when you compete at the highest level and always with the highest intensity.

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Ferrari gives you a special feeling.

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I always had that, even when I was a kid in a go-kart or when I was playing soccer or tennis: that need of winning. It was there all my life, and it's still there now.

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I like to race, not to do laps alone.

Fernando Alonso

I have always been very calm on the outside. I'm not too stressed now just because I'm in formula one. For me, tomorrow will be another day whether I finish first or last. I have to do the maximum and I cannot ask any more from myself.

Fernando Alonso

Even if you have a difficult season, you still believe the following year will be better and a good one.

Fernando Alonso

Creating a top team and being in a position to win the Tour de France will give me a nice feeling. But I know it is not easy to create a top team from zero. You need good riders, good staff, a lot of preparation and, most important, a lot of sponsors.

Fernando Alonso

When I joined F1, I was 19 years old, full of energy.

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When I race in Australia or Korea or Japan I know it will be a big change for me because Ferrari fans are worldwide.

Fernando Alonso

I am very proud to be part of this team, and I know that winning with Ferrari will mean more than winning with another team.

Fernando Alonso

I feel extremely lucky and privileged to have my achievements.

Fernando Alonso

I am one of the best to have raced in F1. I am probably not fastest in qualifying, or the wet, but I am 9.5 in all areas. I try to benefit from that.

Fernando Alonso

The Triple Crown is an attractive target because it is so difficult to achieve.

Fernando Alonso

I'm just hungry to win.

Fernando Alonso

I am a very competitive person in everything. Not only F1 but in everyday life.

Fernando Alonso

I don't want to just be a good driver: I want to be a complete driver and hopefully the best driver in the world.

Fernando Alonso

McLaren was a risky project because they were completely new, but we are one team - we win and we lose together.

Fernando Alonso

If you're in the best team in the world, you or your teammate have to win.

Fernando Alonso

When I take go-karts out with my friends, it's a disaster normally. But in the race car, I'm calm because they pay me to do this, and I have to be professional.

Fernando Alonso

When I race in Australia or Korea or Japan, I know it will be a big change for me because Ferrari fans are worldwide. It's very nice if you win, but it's not so good if you lose. All this is part of being a Ferrari driver.

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I am very proud of what we have built in Spain, because it is not a traditional Formula 1 country. I think we have found passionate fans, and built up a strong culture for the sport - and things are improving every day, with more and more people getting interested.

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My parents are very similar to me.

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For me it's a simple sport and a simple way to live these seven or eight years of maximum sport.

Fernando Alonso

Every day, every year, every new season is a reset from the last, and you are still hungry for success, to do things better and better.

Fernando Alonso

In life, it's winning - when I go to the supermarket, and I go with a friend, I try to get through the door first. Things like that - everything in life is a competition for me.

Fernando Alonso

To be one of the names being talked about is better than not. But it's only talking.

Fernando Alonso

I like America, and I think probably the American people like me.

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I would not be happy if I had many trophies at home and people think I don't deserve them.

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The race is lost. You can't overtake here and I'm starting from 15th... It's over already.

Fernando Alonso

I thought I would be a go-kart mechanic - not an F1 driver

Fernando Alonso

Totally uneventful. It was a very successful first flight. To be honest, it was a little bit boring.

Fernando Alonso

It was a bit of a surprise for us that we had problems in Hungary. But in reality, I think the car could have been pretty competitive with a trouble-free race.

Fernando Alonso

I will be going to Belgium to win -- and we will see how the weekend develops from there.

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This is a fantastic fight for the championship. I'm really confident and believe we can do it.

Fernando Alonso

I have always been very calm on the outside.

Fernando Alonso

I don't have any relationship with God and I've never wanted it. I don't believe in fate or in any superior entity; if a plane crashes and people die, it's not because Heaven said so.

Fernando Alonso

My parents are responsible for the two things I like doing most - driving and magic tricks. They bought me my first go-kart and a magician's kit.

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