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Fernando Alonso Díaz is a Spanish racing driver who won the Formula One World Championship in 2005 and 2006 for the Renault team. He is often regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers in the history of the sport. Away from Formula One, he is a champion of the 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship and a two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2018 and 2019 with Toyota. Alonso also won the 2019 24 Hours of Daytona with Wayne Taylor Racing.
Alessandro Zanardi is an Italian professional racing driver and paracyclist. He won the CART championship in 1997 and 1998, and took 15 wins in the series. He also raced in Formula One from 1991 to 1994 and again in 1999; his best result was a sixth-place finish in the 1993 Brazilian GP. He returned to CART in 2001, but a major crash in the 2001 American Memorial resulted in the amputation of his legs. He returned to racing less than two years after the accident; competing in the European Touring Car Championship in 2003–2004 and then in the World Touring Car Championship between 2005 and 2009, scoring four wins.
The 1971 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Montjuïc circuit on April 18, 1971. It was race 2 of 11 in both the 1971 World Championship of Drivers and the 1971 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The 75-lap race was won by Tyrrell driver Jackie Stewart after he started from fourth position. Jacky Ickx finished second for the Ferrari team and Matra driver Chris Amon came in third.
The 1986 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Jerez on 13 April 1986. This was the first Formula One Spanish Grand Prix since the 1981 race was held at Jarama.
Gregor Foitek is a Swiss former racing driver. He won the 1986 Swiss Formula 3 Championship. Moving up to Formula 3000 he was widely blamed for causing a race-stopping crash at Brands Hatch in 1988, the restart of which led to a second major crash on the first lap in which Johnny Herbert sustained major leg injuries. Foitek participated in 22 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 26 March 1989. He scored no championship points. He later made two CART starts for Foyt Enterprises in 1992 but was knocked out of both races by mechanical issues.
Geoff Brabham is an Australian racing driver. Brabham spent the majority of his racing career in the United States.
Pedro Munitis Álvarez is a Spanish retired footballer who played mainly as a forward, and the manager of CD Badajoz.
Marcelo Fabian Espina Barrano is a retired Argentine football midfielder. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina and Chile and represented the Argentina national football team. In the present, he is anchorman of sports channel ESPN Latin America.
Papakouli 'Pape' Diop is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club SD Eibar as a defensive midfielder.
Marcus Thorbjörn Ericsson is a Swedish racing driver and former Formula One racing driver. Ericsson competed in Formula One between 2014 and 2018. He is currently driving the No. 8 Honda for Chip Ganassi Racing in the NTT IndyCar Series.
Campos Racing is a Spanish motor racing team, run by former Formula One driver Adrián Campos. The team has been successful in Formula Three and the GP2 Series.
Marcos Alonso Peña is a Spanish retired footballer and manager.
Claudio Úbeda is a former football player. He was a participant at the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship in Saudi Arabia.
Cristóbal Parralo Aguilera, known simply as Cristóbal as a player, is a Spanish retired professional footballer, and a manager.
Moon Ballad is a Thoroughbred racehorse who competed internationally.
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Gabriel Alonso Aristiaguirre was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender.
There have been 16 Formula One drivers from the Netherlands who have taken part in races since 1952. Max Verstappen is the most successful Dutch driver, as the only one to have won races, one of the two to have finished on the podium of a Grand Prix, the one to score most career points and the only one to have achieved a pole position.
Juan Manuel López Mella was a Spanish professional Grand Prix and Superbike motorcycle racer. Entering international competitions for the first time in 1987, he was named Spanish Superbike champion in 1991 and 1992, becoming the highest placed private rider overall in 1993. In 1995, he started riding in the Thunderbike tournament but was killed in a road accident on 10 May. His city of birth has named a park that teaches road safety in his honour.