The Fernando Alonso Sports Complex (, also known as ) is a sports project dedicated to the promotion of motorsport and a memorial to

Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso Díaz (; born 29 July 1981) is a Spanish racing driver who competes in Formula One for Aston Martin in Formula One, Aston Martin. Alonso has won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in and with ...

, a two-times Formula One World Drivers' Champion from

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. The facility is located in

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Facilities

The complex includes a museum about Fernando Alonso, a

kart circuit A kart circuit is a race track designed for kart racing or other forms of short-length motor racing, such as small-scale motorcycle racing, pocketbike racing, or radio-controlled model racing. There are several types of kart circuit, depending o ...

, and a

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Museum

The complex's Fernando Alonso Collection includes most of the racing cars which Alonso has competed in since the age of 3, racing suits and helmets he wore, and the trophies which he won. Apart from those originating from Alonso himself, his helmet collection of other professional drivers is on exhibit. ; Notable collection * All

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s which Alonso raced before including the championship winning

Renault R25 The Renault R25 was the Formula One car entered by Renault in the 2005 season. The chassis was designed by Bob Bell, James Allison, Tim Densham and Dino Toso with Pat Symonds overseeing the design and production of the car as executive dire ...

and R26 and the 2018 McLaren MCL33 with the special Abu Dhabi livery * Renault RS25 engine from the

2005 Formula One season The 2005 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 59th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 56th FIA Formula One World Championship, contested over a then-record 19 Grands Prix. It commenced on 6 March 2005 and ended 1 ...

* 2017 McLaren-Honda-Andretti Dallara DW12. Which Alonso drove in the

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. *2018 Toyota TS050 Hybrid in which he won that season's 24h of Le Mans

Kart circuit

The karting circuit is spread over 44,446.54 m² and was designed and built with the possibility of making twenty-nine different tracks, whose lengths vary between 1,400 and 1,800 meters. The main circuit can be divided into three secondary courses of 721, 637 and 372 meters to facilitate training. It is approved to host international competitions at the highest level according to CIK-FIA standards. The circuit was premiered by

himself on March 18, 2011, in front of 4,000 people.

References

External links

Fernando Alonso official website
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