Aston Martin signs Fernando Alonso: Together with Toyota, he also won gold in the 1000 Miles of Sebring and the 6 hours of Spa.
Already in the 2019 season, he reissued his victory at Le Mans and became world endurance champion, being the only one in history to have this title next to that of F1 world champion.
Until 2017, he was the highest paid driver in Formula 1... despite having not won a race since May 2013, when he prevailed at the Spanish GP in Montmeló.
A model that Alonso intends to export to Asia with 40 franchised karting tracks of the original in China.
However, he had already begun to develop his facet as an entrepreneur: in 2015 he inaugurated a karting complex and a museum dedicated to his figure in Asturias.
The complex has 95,000 square meters distributed as follows: a karting circuit of almost 45,000 square meters, another 20,000 square meters of circuit for specialized driving and the rest for the museum and the facilities.
Aston Martin signs Fernando Alonso
The karting site, road safety for young people and museum cost around 5 million euros, although the Principality committed to cover 20% of the project for its tourist and social interest for Asturias.
As announced in April 2018, his idea is to create several circuits, 5 training schools and a project to promote esports.
Electronic sports are one of his great personal bets, and in 2017 he announced the creation of his own team: the FA Racing-G2.
His esports team aspires to dominate driving games such as DiRT, the F1 saga or Rocket League.
In addition, it is integrated into G2 esports, one of the largest organizations in the world, with which it reached an agreement to compete in driving games and which has a presence in more than a dozen video games such as Clash Royale, Counter Strike Go, PUBG or League of Legends.
In 2013, Alonso tried to resurrect the Euskaltel Euskadi cycling team (dissolved the previous year), for which he planned to invest 15 million euros in a galactic squad, but ended up abandoning the project.
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In addition, in 2016 Alonso decided to take the leap into fashion by creating his own clothing brand: Kimoa.
Since then, Kimoa has expanded, already selling in more than 150 countries and was a McLaren partner from the start of the 2016 season until the driver's farewell.
In 2018, the company achieved sales of 1.2 million euros and significantly reduced its losses. In the long run, it seems that the numbers will prove Alonso right.
His thumbs are valued (and insured) at 10 million euros.
He is also known for not being an excessively wasteful person: despite earning 40 million annually, he 'only' spent 30,000 euros on his 2017 summer vacation
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In 2006 he moved to Switzerland, also being a neighbor (just 20 km) of his great rival Michael Schumacher. The house, on the shores of Lake Leman, cost him about 920,000 euros.
In 2011 he decided to return to Oviedo (and start paying taxes in Spain), in a house in a residential area, as can be seen in this video from his Instagram profile.
After a few last years in Lugano (Switzerland), he now lives in Monaco, where he has moved for his "love of the sea", which he missed "a lot".
In his spare time he participates in numerous charity events, as he is a UNICEF goodwill ambassador.
As a motor lover Alonso has a great collection of cars, including a Honda NSX, a Honda Civic Type R or this spectacular McLaren SLR Edition 722.
Also this McLaren 570, which was given to him by the team... or this Ferrari FF, with its spectacular interior.
He has also treasured an exclusive Ferrari Enzo... and a Ferrari LaFerrari, very rare.
Aston Martin signs Fernando Alonso summary
- Fernando Alonso has announced this Monday, August 1, his signing for Aston Martin, a team with which he will race in Formula 1 in 2023.
- Two-time world champion and driver who has made history with achievements behind the wheel of different types of cars and races, Alonso has also been one of the highest paid athletes in Spain and the world.
- This is how the Asturian Fernando Alonso, double world champion and one of the most decorated drivers in motorsport, spends his money.
