{"id":586400,"date":"2026-04-05T04:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T04:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/586400\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T04:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T04:56:11","slug":"alonso-reveals-the-name-of-his-first-child-with-a-fitting-gift-from-f1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/586400\/","title":{"rendered":"Alonso reveals the name of his first child with a fitting gift from F1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-drivers\/fernando-alonso\" title=\"Fernando Alonso\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fernando Alonso<\/a> has revealed the name of his first child after the Aston Martin driver received a gift from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/formula-1\" title=\"Formula 1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Formula 1<\/a> to mark the birth of his son.Alonso became a father for the first time just before the Grand Prix weekend in Japan. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/news\/aston-martin-signals-major-alonso-update-after-missing-japanese-gp-fp1\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Because of the birth of his first child, he missed Thursday\u2019s media day.<\/a> The first free practice session was then driven by reserve driver Jak Crawford.<\/p>\n<p>The Aston Martin driver already confirmed during the weekend in Suzuka that he and his partner Melissa Jim\u00e9nez had a baby boy, but Alonso did not disclose the name. He has now revealed it.<\/p>\n<p>Want to stay up to date with the very latest Formula 1 news? Follow GPblog.com now on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaDBzvFCMY0Jfy6eaZ2Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WhatsApp Channels<\/a>. That way you\u2019ll hear the most important news first every day.Alonso receives beautiful gift from F1<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/schermafbeelding-2026-04-04-om-15.png@webp.webp\" class=\"w-auto h-auto\" alt=\"fernando-alonso-name-child.jpg.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Instagram @Fernandoalo_oficial<\/p>\n<p>On Instagram, Alonso posted a birth gift that the Aston Martin driver received from Formula 1. It is a paddock pass with a photo and the baby\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>His name is Leonard Alonso Jim\u00e9nez. The Spaniard has kept the photo private on his social media.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Welcome to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1\" title=\"F1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1<\/a> family,&#8221; is written on the pass. &#8220;Thank you so much Formula 1! The first of many,&#8221; Alonso wrote with his post.Alonso&#8217;s first interview since becoming a father<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/news\/alonso-confirms-big-personal-news-in-first-interview-as-a-father\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Earlier, Alonso had already said that the delivery went well and that his girlfriend and child are doing fine. <\/a>For Melissa Jim\u00e9nez, this is not her first child, the Spaniard already has two daughters and a son from a previous relationship.<\/p>\n<p>At age 38, this makes a fourth child, while Alonso has become a father for the first time at the age of 44.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to or watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GPblog.com<\/a> video podcast. In the F1 Paddock Update, Jim Kimberley and Ben Hunt discuss the latest Formula 1 news. New episodes are available every Monday and Thursday on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@F1PaddockUpdateGPblog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3m9IwUInurNu8sq1Se0R2S?si=cb41c305d555486d&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=76bf4a6aff41499c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, or your favourite podcast app. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fernando Alonso has revealed the name of his first child after the Aston Martin driver received a gift&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,35119,845,813,816,16406,85,26300],"class_list":{"0":"post-586400","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-f1-news","12":"tag-fernando-alonso","13":"tag-formula-1","14":"tag-formula1","15":"tag-japanese-grand-prix","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-suzuka-circuit"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}