'I didn't treat it well' -- Fernando Alonso remembers his first car

His work ride is an F1 rocketship, but Fernando Alonso's first wheels were a touch less racy.

The McLaren driver, a two-time Formula One world champion, began his career in cars as the proud owner of a humble Renault Megane.

The workaday motor was a sponsor's gift when the former karting world champion was cutting his teeth in Formula Three in Spain.

"It was yellow, yellow-brown," Alonso told CNN's The Circuit.

"I was happy. When you are 18, whatever car someone gives you at that moment -- you are super happy."

However, the Spaniard didn't treat the Megane with the same love he shows his Formula One cars today.