Claim: Fernando Alonso is Spanish and is a driver.
Evidence: Born in Oviedo , the capital of the autonomous region of Asturias , Alonso started in karting from the age of 3.
Oviedo -LRB- -LSB- oˈβjeðo -RSB- ; Asturian : Uviéu -RRB- is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region.