{"id":585287,"date":"2026-04-06T06:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/585287\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T06:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:20:14","slug":"fernando-alonso-shares-touching-gift-from-f1-after-birth-of-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/585287\/","title":{"rendered":"Fernando Alonso shares touching gift from F1 after birth of son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/fernando-alonso\/489\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Fernando Alonso<\/a> has shared a touching present gifted to him and his partner, Melissa Jimenez, by Formula 1 following the birth of their first child.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time champion and Jimenez recently welcomed a baby boy named Leonard. The arrival meant that the Spaniard had to skip his media obligations on the Thursday ahead of the Japanese Grand\u00a0Prix.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m a little jet-lagged because I landed this morning, but here we are,&#8221;\u00a0Alonso told DAZN Spain after the second practice session at the Suzuka circuit. &#8220;We just finished FP2, and in a few hours it\u2019s time to sleep &#8211; I skipped the European night session.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You never really imagine anything specific,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Things just happen as they happen, and there\u2019s a bit of stress and worry about everything going well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fortunately, it went well, both for the mum and the baby. A super happy, very special moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alonso took to Instagram Stories to share the special delivery from F1 management, which was paddock credentials for the newborn with the message, &#8220;Welcome to the F1 family&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Aston Martin driver responded with the caption, &#8220;Big thanks to F1! First of many.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fans quickly reacted to the post, joking that it would not be long until Alonso&#8217;s son is in F1. &#8220;Can\u2019t wait to root for him in a few years\u2019 time,&#8221; one commented, while another added: &#8220;The championship fight against his own dad will be legendary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maybe in 18 years we will still have Raikkonen vs Alonso vs Verstappen,&#8221; someone else posted.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fernando-alonso-aston-martin-r.jpg\" alt=\"Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin Racing\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin Racing<\/p>\n<p class=\"photographer\">Photo by: Dom Gibbons \/ Formula 1 via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>This comes amid a difficult start to the 2026 season for Alonso and the Aston Martin team. The Silverstone outfit&#8217;s highly anticipated works partnership with Honda has so far failed to deliver the expected jump in performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The AMR26 has been plagued by reliability woes, mainly stemming from excessive chassis vibrations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There is now a five-week break until the Miami Grand Prix, which will give the British team time to work on some of the issues.<\/p>\n<p>            We want your opinion!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-auto\">What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"ms-link text-link font-bold\">Take our 5 minute survey.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-1 text-body\">&#8211; The Motorsport.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fernando Alonso has shared a touching present gifted to him and his partner, Melissa Jimenez, by Formula 1&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[3016,49,48,578,216537,3018,223571,576,577,215217,82,4962],"class_list":["post-585287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-aston-martin-racing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-f1-japanese-grand-prix","tag-fernando-alonso","tag-fernando-alonso-shares-touching-gift-from-f1-after-birth-of-son","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-japanese-gp","tag-sports","tag-trendingteam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}