Ahead of Fernando Alonso's highly anticipated return to the grid, refresh your knowledge of the Spaniard with these 10 facts… He was racing before he could count to 10, probably Every driver who made it to Formula 1 got their careers started at a young age, but few would have been quite as young as Alonso was. His older sister, Lorena, had little interest in the go-kart that their father had built her, but a three-year-old Fernando immediately fell in love with it. The pedals were adjusted for him, and his life as a racing driver began. He spent the following four years driving it whenever he could before competing in his first race at the age of seven. Despite being the youngest...
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