Fernando Alonso has made the headlines in the news a couple of times this time for both his positively bullish statements about Ferrari’s competitiveness in 2012 and then for the sad confirmation that his marriage has ended. The Spaniard hero and his wife Raquel de Rosario officially split up after five year of marriage. Apparently, the couple have been separated for some months since being seen together at a Grand Prix in Hungary in late July on Alonso’s 30th birthday. Reportedly, Alonso has spent a little time with Rosario and is clearly focused on hitting the ground running in 2012.
The Formula One two times world champion driver and lead singer of Spanish pop band El Sueno de Morfeo got married in 2006. The pair first met in late 2005 after Alonso invited the pretty brunette - lead singer for the Spanish rock band El Sueno de Morfeo - to perform at a concert to mark his first F1 title and then married a year later, just after Alonso clinched his second world title. Stating the split on their own websites, the couple revealed, “We are separating from marriage, but never as friends, and there is still a very strong affection and mutual admiration to ensure the happiness of the other”. The couple also wished, “With it, we ask that the media respects our personal lives which, as you know, we have always been keen to protect”
Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso and Raquel del Rosario have officially split after five year marriage. The couple asked, “We ask that the media respects our personal lives which, as you know, we have always been keen to protect”
Raquel del Rosario posted the statement in Spanish on her website
Alonso and Rosario first met in the concert to mark his first F1 title where the F1 driver told her afterwards on stage in front of thousands of fans “I am single and romantic”
The 30 year old Alonso described the decision as “a very thought through decision taken in mutual agreement”. The couple have kept their relationship away from the sensationalist press
In an interview with a paper in Milan earlier this year, Del Rosario said that she would not change Alonso for any other man, not even George Clooney
Fiercely protective of their privacy, Del Rosario was rarely seen at F1 races unlike Lewis Hamilton's ex Nicole Scherzinger
Alonso and Del Rosario made up one of the most beloved couples in Spain
Fernando Alonso is the youngest Formula One World Drivers' Champion and youngest double Champion at the time
Fernando Alonso & Raquel del Rosario
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