FERNANDO ALONSO
MINI HELMETS

Fernando Alonso adopted his racing number for a reason no algorithm could invent: at 14 years old, on July 14th, driving a kart numbered 14, he became a karting world champion. He's raced under 14 ever since.

Alonso made his F1 debut with Minardi in 2001 and, by 2005, had become the sport's youngest-ever World Champion with Renault — a title he defended successfully in 2006, making him just the eighth driver in F1 history to win back-to-back championships. What followed was two decades of near-misses as remarkable as the titles themselves: runner-up finishes with Ferrari in 2010, 2012, and 2013, each decided by the smallest of margins in the season's final laps.

Alonso retired from F1 at the end of 2018 — but not from racing. He went on to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice and the World Endurance Championship, making him the only driver in history to hold both an F1 World Championship and a World Endurance Championship. He also won the Daytona 24 Hours, one leg short of completing motorsport's unofficial "Triple Crown."

He returned to F1 with Alpine in 2021, moved to Aston Martin in 2023, and in 2022 broke the record for most Grand Prix starts in F1 history — a record that keeps extending with every race he adds to it.