F1 News: Fernando Alonso Opens Up On Start Of Racing Career - "Not Legal Anymore"
Two-time F1 champion Fernando Alonso has opened up on how his long and successful racing career began, confessing that it wouldn't be a legal beginning these days.
Alonso has been racing since he was just three years old and as well as his success in Formula One, he has also won a championship in the World Endurance Championship, has competed in IndyCar, and has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice.
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During an appearance on the High Performance Podcast, the Spanish driver spoke about his start in the industry. He explained:
"My first race was at the age of three, which at the moment is not legal anymore, the drivers license for a go kart starts at eight.
"It was a street circuit, I don't remember any of it but I have the videos and photos of that day. I think the race was 15 laps, and I completed two of them so I was lapped 13 times in 15! But they told me I won the race so I was happy after all and that's how I started."
Alonso also took a moment to highlight the importance of his family and the influence they have had on his career. He continued:
"More for fun than anything else [my father] created a small go kart, handmade, for my sister that is five years older than me. My sister didn't like that go kart on the first couple of days, then my father tried and then, eventually he put me in the go kart and I liked it."
