News Details

‘Daddy' Alonso comments on birth of first child

Mar.28 Fernando Alonso has confirmed the birth of his first child after arriving late at Suzuka, following his absence on Thursday. The news was actually broken in the paddock by fellow driver Franco Colapinto before Alonso had even landed in Japan. 'Alonso is a dad! I have all the gossip,' the Alpine driver joked. 'I'm going to call him ‘daddy'.' Alonso later confirmed the news to DAZN, admitting he had only just arrived in the country. 'I'm still a bit jet-lagged because I only landed here this morning. Luckily, it'll be evening here in a few hours – then I can catch up on my sleep.' The 44-year-old said both his partner Melissa Jimenez and the baby are doing well. 'You...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Alonso to miss media day after birth of first child

Fernando Alonso is to miss Thursday's media day at the Japanese Grand Prix...
4d ago from BBC.co.uk

Japanese GP: Russell leads Mercedes 1-2 in Suzuka...

© XPB  Michael Delaney 27/03/2026 at 03:5227/03/2026 at 04:02...
2d ago from F1i.com

Max Verstappen disqualified from NLS2 after post-race...

The Max Verstappen Mercedes-AMG GT3 #3 has been disqualified from the...
1w ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Fernando Alonso makes Japanese Grand Prix return after...

44-year-old F1 driver Fernando Alonso has become a father for the first...
2d ago from GPFans.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Alex Palou earns IndyCar pole at Barber

Saturday afternoon at Barber Motorsports Park was devoted to IndyCar...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Will Power’s brake pedal went ‘to the floor’ in...

Will Power suffered a heavy crash in IndyCar qualifying, ending his...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Latest Arsenal injury news as another Gunners star...

There has been yet another Arsenal player withdrawing from international...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Sources: Why football's 'next superstar' snubbed...

Chelsea and Arsenal registered an interest in the transfer of Nico Paz,...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal favourites to sign 21-year-old German striker...

Arsenal are reportedly in pole position to sign Club Brugge star Nicolo...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Journalist claims Arsenal 'interested' in experienced...

Arsenal are reportedly one of the clubs interested in the potential...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.