2001 Spanish Grand Prix 1 / 25 Photo by: Russell Batchelor / Motorsport Images In his fifth grand prix for Minardi, Alonso qualified 18th – ahead of Renault's Giancarlo Fisichella and Jaguar's Pedro de la Rosa (who he's pictured racing into Turn 1). He finished 13th, ahead of Fisichella and his teammate Jenson Button!

2001 Japanese Grand Prix 2 / 25 Photo by: Minardi Formula 1 Alonso qualified 18th and finished 11th, ahead of Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Prost), Olivier Panis (BAR) and both Arrows.

2003 Spanish Grand Prix 3 / 25 Photo by: Motorsport Images Qualified his Renault third behind a Ferrari front-row lockout, then beat Rubens Barrichello to second in the race, behind Michael Schumacher.

2003 Hungarian Grand Prix 4 / 25 Photo by: Motorsport Images Alonso eclipsed Bruce McLaren's record to become the youngest-ever grand prix winner with a lights-to-flag victory from pole.

2004 French Grand Prix 5 / 25 Photo by: Motorsport Images Perhaps his greatest defeat? Ferrari's Michael Schumacher deployed an incredible four-stop strategy to overcome Alonso, who had beaten him to pole.

2005 San Marino Grand Prix 6 / 25 Photo by: Motorsport Images In an epic display of defensive driving in the closing stages, Alonso held off Schumacher to record his best victory to date.

2005 Japanese Grand Prix 7 / 25 Photo by: XPB Images The race might be better remembered for Kimi Raikkonen's last-gasp pass on Giancarlo Fisichella for the win, but Alonso starred too – charging from 16th to third.

2006 Hungarian Grand Prix 8 / 25 Photo by: Sutton Images From 15th on the grid, after a 2sec penalty for brake-testing Robert Doornbos in practice, Alonso took just 17 laps to get into the lead – including an amazing pass on title rival Schumacher. His masterful performance was ended by a driveshaft failure that pitched him into the wall at Turn 2 after a pitstop.

2006 Japanese Grand Prix 9 / 25 Photo by: Steven Tee / Motorsport Images His last win for Renault (for now, at least!) before moving to McLaren. Alonso was embroiled in a battle with Michael Schumacher for victory when Schuey's engine blew up, the win virtually assuring Alonso of a second title.

2007 European Grand Prix (Nurburgring) 10 / 25 Photo by: Steven Tee / Motorsport Images An insane race at times, as a thunderstorm halted the event. At the restart, Alonso prevailed after a tough battle with Ferrari's Felipe Massa.

2007 Italian Grand Prix 11 / 25 Photo by: Sutton Images Alonso's fourth win of the season, but his last for McLaren.

2008 Japanese Grand Prix 12 / 25 Photo by: Steve Etherington / Motorsport Images After his victory in Singapore (the most controversial of his career!), Alonso made it two from two at Fuji next time out by defeating a stern challenge from BMW's Robert Kubica.

2010 Bahrain Grand Prix 13 / 25 Photo by: Lorenzo Bellanca / Motorsport Images Alonso scored a fortuitous victory on his first start for Ferrari, as leader Sebastian Vettel suffered a spark plug issue that dropped him to fourth.

2010 Italian Grand Prix 14 / 25 Photo by: Sutton Images Scored Ferrari's first win on home soil since the Schumacher era, by over-cutting the McLaren of Jenson Button.

2010 Singapore Grand Prix 15 / 25 Photo by: Motorsport Images With echoes of Imola 2005, Alonso clung on to record victory by 0.293s despite intense pressure from Vettel.

2010 Korean Grand Prix 16 / 25 Photo by: Glenn Dunbar / Motorsport Images In a rain-affected race that ended in near-darkness, Alonso's fifth victory of the year (despite a botched pitstop) put him in the points lead as Vettel suffered an engine failure and Lewis Hamilton made a mistake.

2011 British Grand Prix 17 / 25 Photo by: Sutton Images With Vettel delayed in a pitstop, Alonso took full advantage to win by 16s. It would be his, and Ferrari's, only win of the season.

2012 Malaysian Grand Prix 18 / 25 Photo by: Andy Hone / Motorsport Images In mixed weather conditions, Alonso held off the surprise challenge of Sauber's Sergio Perez.

2012 European Grand Prix (Valencia) 19 / 25 Photo by: Andrew Ferraro / Motorsport Images After a strategic error in qualifying meant he started 11th, a dramatic race unfolded. With a little help from a safety car period, and some great overtakes, Alonso ended up with a comfortable lead.

2012 Brazilian Grand Prix 20 / 25 Photo by: Charles Coates / Motorsport Images Failed to win the race or the title, but Alonso drove a blinder from eighth on the grid to finish second. Button just stayed agonisingly out of reach up front, as Vettel just did enough to grab the title.

2013 Spanish Grand Prix 21 / 25 Photo by: Sutton Images Started only fifth, but pulled off some amazing moves in front of his home crowd. He passed Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton in one move, undercut Vettel and then swept past leader Nico Rosberg for his last F1 victory. Inspired.

2014 Hungarian Grand Prix 22 / 25 Photo by: Andy Hone / Motorsport Images From fifth on the grid, Alonso moved into the lead mid-race, and looked good to win until a charging Daniel Ricciardo – on much fresher tyres – picked him off with a couple of laps to go. But he clung on to finish second.

2016 United States Grand Prix 23 / 25 Photo by: Steven Tee / Motorsport Images From 12th on the grid in his recalcitrant McLaren-Honda, Alonso battled his way through to fifth – biffing his way past Massa and "yeehaw"-ing ahead of Carlos Sainz.

2018 Australian Grand Prix 24 / 25 Photo by: Sutton Images Storming drive to fifth from 11th on the grid, which included holding off Red Bull's Max Verstappen.