Formula One drivers from Spain

[3] Fernando Alonso debuted in Formula One with Minardi, but the team struggled to produce a competitive car.

[9] At the 2022 British Grand Prix, Sainz took his first pole position and his first GP victory, becoming the second Spanish driver to do either.

He moved to McLaren as a test driver, only properly returning to racing when Juan Pablo Montoya left the team in 2006.

He lost his race seat to Lewis Hamilton but stayed as a test driver until 2010 when he signed with BMW Sauber.

[5] Toro Rosso released Sébastien Bourdais from his contract and signed Alguersuari who would also drive for the team in 2010 and 2011.

He successfully gained a place for the team on the 2010 F1 grid and it evolved, through a takeover led by Jose Ramon Carabante, into HRT.

[3] He was classified as finishing second in the 1956 British Grand Prix, though he had given up his car to Peter Collins whose own Ferrari suffered a mechanical failure.

[20] His daughter, María de Villota, was a Formula One test driver but did not compete at a race weekend.

In July 2012 she was testing a Marussia when she crashed into a support truck, suffering head injuries that ended her racing career and would contribute to her death in 2013.

[24] Juan Jover (1951), Antonio Creus (1960), and Emilio Zapico (1976) all entered for just one Grand Prix each but did not complete their race.

Fernando Alonso in a McLaren at the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix
Carlos Sainz Jr. in a Ferrari at the 2022 French Grand Prix
De la Rosa driving for Sauber at the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix
Alguersuari driving for Toro Rosso at the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix
Gené driving for Williams at the 2004 British Grand Prix