The Spain Grand Prix 2006

							Title:
The Spain Grand Prix 2006

Word Count:
269

Summary:
For the first time Fernando Alonso
won in his own land. Alonso won at
Barcelona the Spain Grand Prix with
 130,000 persons as witnesses last
Sunday (May 14th).


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Article Body:
For the first time Fernando Alonso
won in his own land. Alonso won at
Barcelona the Spain Grand Prix with
 130,000 persons as witnesses last
Sunday (May 14th).

The Formula One Grand Prix hadn’t b
een that popular in Spain until Alo
nso entered the competition. Even t
hough it has had important pilots l
ike Mansell, Senna and Schumacher.
For example, the European Grand Pri
x that took place at Jerez. Only 20
,000 persons attended to the event.
 On the other hand, 100,000 spectat
ors attended the equivalent bike race.

For the Spain Grand Prix, tickets w
ere sold out two years ago. This is
 a new record, since the Formula On
e events have always been transmitt
ed only by a small TV channel in Sp
ain but now is part of the big TVE
station getting to a much bigger na
tional and international audience.

As Alonso said, he won last year’s
title but this one makes him feel b
etter since he performed greatly in
 his own country. Giving his countr
ymen the pride and the excitement o
f seeing him achieve the victory.

Fernando Alonso Diaz, who was born
on July 29th, 1981 in Oviedo Spain,
 won the World Driver’s Championshi
p title when he was 24 years old, b
reaking Emerson Fittipaldi’s record
 of being the youngest Formula One
Champion. With this victory, Alonso
 also ended M. Schumacher’s run of
five consecutive championships.

Alonso who at the present time is r
unning for Renault, has been awarde
d the 2005 Prince of Asturias Award
 of Sports, the youngest to receive
 the prize

Alonso and McLaren’s principal Ron
Dennis announced on December 2005,
that Fernando will be moving to McL
aren for the 2007 season.