Alessandro Zanardi (1966-10-23) 23 October 1966 (age 57) Bologna, Italy
Debut season
2005
World Touring Car Championship
Teams
BMW Team Italy-Spain
Car number
9
Starts
105
Wins
4
Poles
1
Fastest laps
4
Best finish
10th in 2005
Previous series
1992, 2005–06 2003–04 1996–98, 2001
1991–94, 99 1989 & 91 1988–90
Italian Superturismo ETCC CART FedEx Championship Series Formula One F3000 International Italian F3
Championship titles
2005 1997–98 1990
Italian Superturismo CART FedEx Championship Series European F3 Cup
Formula One World Championship career
Active years
1991–1994, 1999
Teams
Jordan, Minardi, Lotus, Williams
Entries
44 (41 starts)
Championships
0
Wins
0
Podiums
0
Career points
1
Pole positions
0
Fastest laps
0
First entry
1991 Spanish Grand Prix
Last entry
1999 Japanese Grand Prix
Champ Car career
66 races run over 4 years
Years active
1996–1998, 2001
Team(s)
Chip Ganassi Racing Mo Nunn Racing
Best finish
1st (1997), (1998)
First race
1996 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami (Homestead)
Last race
2001 American Memorial (Lausitz)
First win
1996 Budweiser/G. I. Joe's 200 (Portland)
Last win
1998 Honda Indy 300 (Surfers Paradise)
Wins
Podiums
Poles
15
28
10
Medal record
Men's para-cycling
Representing Italy
Paralympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Road time trial (H5)
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Mixed Team Relay (H2-5)
2012 London
Road time trial (H4)
2012 London
Road race (H4)
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Road race (H5)
2012 London
Road team relay
World Championships
2013 Baie-Comeau
Road time trial (H5)
2013 Baie-Comeau
Road relay (H5)
2013 Baie-Comeau
Road race (H5)
2014 Greenville
Road time trial (H5)
2014 Greenville
Road relay (H5)
2015 Nottwil
Time trial (H5)
2015 Nottwil
Road Race (H5)
2015 Nottwil
Road relay (H5)
2017 Pietermaritzburg
Road Race (H5)
2017 Pietermaritzburg
Road relay (H5)
2019 Emmen
Time trial (H5)
2019 Emmen
Road relay (H5)
2011 Roskilde
Road time trial (H4)
2014 Greenville
Road race (H5)
2017 Pietermaritzburg
Road time trial (H5)
2018 Maniago
Road relay (H5)
2019 Emmen
Road Race (H5)
2018 Maniago
Road time trial (H5)
Alessandro "Alex" Zanardi (Italian pronunciation:[ˈaːleksdzaˈnardi]; born 23 October 1966) is an Italian professional racing driver and paracyclist. He won the CART championship in 1997 and 1998, and took 15 wins in the series. He also raced in Formula One from 1991 to 1994 and again in 1999; his best result was a sixth-place finish in the 1993 Brazilian Grand Prix. He returned to CART in 2001, but a major crash in the 2001 American Memorial resulted in the amputation of his legs. He returned to racing less than two years after the accident, competing in the European Touring Car Championship in 2003–2004 and then in the World Touring Car Championship between 2005 and 2009; he scored four wins.
In addition to continuing to race cars, Zanardi took up competition in handcycling, a form of paralympic cycling, with the stated goal of representing Italy at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. In September 2011, Zanardi won his first senior international handcycling medal, the silver medal in the H4 category time trial at the UCI World Road Para-Cycling Championships. In September 2012 he won gold medals at the London Paralympics in the individual H4 time trial and the individual H4 road race, followed by a silver medal in the mixed H1-4 team relay, and in September 2016 he won a gold and a silver medal at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.
On 19 June 2020, Zanardi was involved in a serious road accident while competing in the Obiettivo tricolore handcycling race,[1] near Siena. After being transferred to hospital, Zanardi underwent three hours of neurosurgery and maxillofacial surgery before being placed in a medically induced coma.[2]
^Gittings, Paul (20 June 2020). "Sporting legend Alex Zanardi in a coma after horrific handbike crash in Italy". CNN. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^Cooper, Adam (20 June 2020). "Alex Zanardi's doctor gives update on condition following surgery". Autosport. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
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