Alex Zanardi
Alessandro "Alex" Zanardi (Italian pronunciation:
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]
Early life
Alex Zanardi was born in Bologna, Italy on 23 October 1966, son of Dino and Anna Zanardi. His family moved to the town of Castel Maggiore on the city's outskirts when he was four years of age.[3] His sister Cristina was a promising swimmer prior to her death in an automobile collision in 1979.[4]
Zanardi began racing
Motor racing
Formula One (1991–1994)
After testing for the Footwork team, Zanardi mounted a strong season in F3000. Eddie Jordan looked to replace Roberto Moreno for the remainder of the 1991 season, bringing in Zanardi for the last three races. Zanardi finished two of them, both in 9th place. In 1992, however, Zanardi had to be content with guest drives for Minardi, replacing the injured Christian Fittipaldi. In the off-season, he tested for Benetton, but he contracted with Lotus for 1993.[5] He later stated that in hindsight, he should have stayed on as the Benetton test driver as he would likely have been given a full-time drive for 1994 following Riccardo Patrese's retirement, where he would have been in a race-winning car alongside that year's world champion Michael Schumacher.[7]
Zanardi compared reasonably to teammate Johnny Herbert in 1993 and was important in fine-tuning the team's active suspension system, scoring his only F1 point at the Brazilian Grand Prix. He was injured when an elderly motorist collided with his bicycle, knocking him down and running over Zanardi's left foot. Despite several broken bones, Zanardi raced in Germany, but he spun out and did not finish.[5] Zanardi's season ended prematurely after he sustained a concussion as a result of a crash in practice for the Belgian Grand Prix.[6]
Still recovering, Zanardi missed the beginning of the 1994 season while he was working as a test driver for Lotus,[8] but he returned in the Spanish Grand Prix, replacing Pedro Lamy, who had been injured in a testing crash. However, Lotus struggled in its final season in F1 and Zanardi failed to score a single point or qualify higher than 13th. For the races in Belgium and Portugal, Zanardi was replaced by Belgian pay driver Philippe Adams.[5]
With Lotus Formula One defunct, Zanardi practiced to race in sports car racing. His first meeting was at a
CART Championship series
During 1995, Zanardi went to the United States for a drive in the CART Series. He felt that finding a race seat would be easy with Formula One experience, but drew no interest from any team. However, Reynard Commercial Director Rick Gorne managed to secure Zanardi a test drive at Homestead with Chip Ganassi Racing. Zanardi signed a contract on 23 October 1995. The team's race engineer Mo Nunn advised Chip against signing him, as he believed Italian drivers were too prone to mistakes.[5]
He rapidly became one of the series' most popular drivers. He took the pole for his second race, although his first win didn't come until mid-season. Overall, he won three races in his
A win came at
Zanardi improved his form in CART in 1997, winning five of seventeen races, including three in a row and four of the five rounds held in the mid to late portion of the season en route to winning the Drivers' Championship. 1998 saw Zanardi even more dominant in his Ganassi
After winning a race, Zanardi was fond of spinning his car around in tight circles, leaving circular doughnut-shaped patterns of tyre rubber on the track; this would eventually become a popular means of celebrating race wins all across America.[5]
Return to Formula One
Zanardi's CART success caught the attention of Sir Frank Williams, with whom he made contact in 1997, to inform them he would be available for contract negotiations if needed. Williams visited Zanardi, who signed a three-year contract in July 1998 which was publicly confirmed in September of that year.[11] He began testing at the end of that year alongside test driver Juan Pablo Montoya. Zanardi also received offers from BAR and Honda.[12] In Australia, Zanardi was 9th quickest in the first free practice session but had limited track time due to reliability issues and traffic in qualifying meant he could only start 15th. He showed promise in the warm-up with 6th but the race saw him crash out on lap 21. Moving on to Brazil, Zanardi once again experienced limited time on the track which was mainly due to engine issues. He started 16th and retired with a differential failure. Zanardi also incurred a $5,000 fine for speeding in the pit lane.[5]
At Imola, his form improved with a start position of 10th. The race itself threw up a surprise for Zanardi. His car was suffering electronic issues and ran a steady 7th in the closing stages and ran over oil from Johnny Herbert's Stewart at the Villeneuve chicane and spun into the gravel. Zanardi out-qualified Schumacher at Monaco by over half a second. More drama occurred on race day as the seat in his Williams broke off during the early stages of the race but he managed to finish 8th and last of the runners. In Spain, despite setting the 5th-quickest lap in first free practice, a wrong set-up placed Zanardi 17th in qualifying. His car's gearbox seized after a pit stop. Similar problems occurred in Canada where Friday practice running was limited. Managing to out-qualify Schumacher, Zanardi's race was incident filled. Whilst running in 8th, he spun off into the gravel trap early on and dropped to last. Further time was lost when leaving the pit lane during a safety car period and receiving a stop-go penalty. A further excursion occurred when a maneuver on Luca Badoer's Minardi ended with Zanardi crashing out.[5]
The wet qualifying for the French Grand Prix saw him qualify 15th after the Williams team misread conditions and aquaplaned during the race. At Silverstone, Zanardi qualified 13th and finished 11th. In Austria, he started 14th. In the first part of the race, Zanardi's radio communications failed and around lap 33, his team hung out pit boards, calling him in to pit, but a battle with Pedro Diniz distracted Zanardi, causing him to miss the board twice, and eventually ran out of fuel. Mechanical failures saw Zanardi with premature exits from the next two races before he finished eighth in Belgium.[5]
In Monza, Zanardi qualified 4th ahead of teammate Ralf Schumacher. He overtook David Coulthard and Heinz-Harald Frentzen at the start. Frentzen took over 2nd from Zanardi at the Roggia chicane. On the third lap, the floor on the Williams became loose and he was forced to wave his rivals past, but managed to finish 7th. At the next round at the Nürburgring, Zanardi qualified in 18th, placing blame on traffic. He performed well at the start but had to take avoiding action when Alexander Wurz clipped Pedro Diniz. The incident left Zanardi in last position but he regained positions before his car succumbed to his engine stalling. The penultimate round in Malaysia had seen Zanardi start from 16th with a first-lap collision that damaged his front rim with a pit-stop preventing better progress. He later ran wide, which caused damage to the car radiators and prompted another pit-stop with Zanardi finishing 10th.[5]
The final race of the season was in Japan, where he qualified 16th. In the race, Zanardi overtook many of his rivals, driving as high as 9th before his pit-lane limiter activated with the engine shutting off when he attempted to turn off the limiter on the first lap. At the end of the season, Zanardi and the Williams team decided to go their separate ways with an estimated cost of $4 million for the termination of Zanardi's contract.[5]
CART return and Lausitzring crash
In the 2000 season Zanardi was not signed for a team, but was interested in a CART comeback. He tested for Mo Nunn in July at Sebring driving for 246 laps and opted to sign to the team for 2001.[5]
For most of the season, Zanardi had little success, with three top-ten finishes and a best result of fourth place in the
Post-amputation racing
Zanardi was fitted with two
Zanardi competed at
Zanardi returned to a Formula One car in late November 2006 at a testing session for
Since 2004, CRG has made and sold a range of kart chassis bearing Zanardi's name. The Zanardi chassis has been raced in the European KF1 Championship and World Championship as well as in many other racing events worldwide.[25] Dutch driver Nyck de Vries won the CIK-FIA Karting World Championship in 2010 and 2011 with Zanardi karts.[26]
In November 2012, Zanardi tested a BMW
Zanardi returned to American motor racing by entering the 2019 24 Hours of Daytona that January. Using a similar set of controls as the BMW M4 that he used in the DTM series, the GTLM-specification BMW M8 GTE had a special steering wheel that allowed him to actuate the accelerator with his left hand and shift with his right hand. Brakes were applied with a large handle with by his right hand. The brake handle also had a downshift trigger on it so he can still "engine brake" like his teammates John Edwards, Jesse Krohn and Chaz Mostert.[30] The team finished 32nd overall and ninth in the GTLM category.[31]
Zanardi Edition NSX
The Alex Zanardi Edition Acura NSX was introduced in 1999 for the U.S. market to commemorate Zanardi's two back-to-back CART championship wins for Honda in 1997 and 1998. The car features revised suspension, as well as a fixed roof, lightweight BBS wheels, single-pane rear glass, a lightweight rear spoiler, manual steering, and a lighter battery, making it 67.5 kg (149 lb) lighter than the targa top version.[32] Only 51 examples were ever built, and all were painted in the newly introduced New Formula Red Color Code: R-510 which subsequently replaced Formula Red Color Code: R-77 in all markets from 2000 onward, to reflect the colour of the car he drove for Chip Ganassi Racing.[33]
Handcycling and triathlon
After the injuries sustained from his 2001 racing accident, Zanardi decided to return to sport, taking up
On 5 September 2012, Zanardi won a gold medal in the
Before the Games in London, Zanardi expressed interest in returning to auto racing for the 2013 Indianapolis 500;[46] while this failed to pan out, at the event he was presented with his 1996 CART Laguna Seca-winning car by Target Chip Ganassi Racing.[47]
Zanardi completed the 2014 Ironman World Championship with a time of 9:47'14, ranking 272nd overall and 19th out of 247 in the 45–49-year category.[48] He used a handbike for the cycling section and a wheelchair for the running section. In September 2015, Zanardi announced that he would be taking part in the Berlin Marathon using a recumbent hand cycle.[49] At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro he won the gold medals in the H5 category road cycling men's time trial and mixed team relay, and also silver in the road race.[50] On 22 September 2018, in a triathlon competition in Cervia, Italy, Zanardi smashed the Ironman world record in the category of disabled people, with a time of 8:26'6. With that time, he also ranked fifth overall in the competition.[51]
2020 cycling accident
On 19 June 2020, Zanardi was involved in a serious accident while competing in the Obiettivo tricolore Italian national road race for paralympic athletes.
Personal life
Zanardi has been married to Daniela Manni since 1996, and they have a son, Niccolò (born 7 September 1998).[5] He has co-written two books based on his life, Alex Zanardi: My Story (2004) with Gianluca Gasparini and Alex Zanardi: My Sweetest Victory (2004).[62][63] Zanardi and his story have been featured on the HBO sports series Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.[64][65] Zanardi wrote the opening chapters for the books of Steve Olvey, the former CART medical director, including, Rapid Response: My Inside Story as a Motor Racing Life Saver.[66]
Zanardi has received multiple awards, including the Autosport Gregor Grant Award in 1998 and 2003,[67] the Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year in 2005,[68] and the Gazzetta Legend Award in 2015.[69] He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2013 and the Long Beach Motorsports walk of fame in 2022.[70][71]
In July 2022, Zanardi was hospitalized after a fire broke out at his home in Italy due to a defect on his home's solar panels, which damaged medical equipment he used while recovering from his hand-cycling crash. He was released back to his home 76 days later in September.[72][73]
Racing record
Career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1988 | Italian Formula Three | Coperchini | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16th |
1989 | Italian Formula Three | Erre 3 Racing | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7th |
European Formula Three Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 7th | ||
Macau Grand Prix | Federal Express Intersport Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | |
International Formula 3000 | Automotive BVM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
1990 | Italian Formula Three | RC Motorsport
|
11 | 2 | 1 | ? | 4 | 35 | 2nd |
European Formula Three Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1st | ||
Macau Grand Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 7th | ||
1991 | International Formula 3000 | Il Barone Rampante | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 2nd |
Formula One | Team 7UP Jordan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
1992 | Italian Superturismo Championship | Jolly Club | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24th |
Formula One | Minardi Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | Porsche AG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
1993 | Formula One | Team Lotus | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20th |
1994 | Formula One | Team Lotus | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
1995 | BPR Global GT Series | Lotus GT Team | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 63rd |
1996 | PPG Indy Car World Series | Target Ganassi Racing | 16 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 132 | 3rd |
1997 | CART PPG World Series | Target Chip Ganassi | 16 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 195 | 1st |
International Race of Champions | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12th | ||
1998 | CART FedEx Championship Series | Chip Ganassi Racing | 19 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 285 | 1st |
1999 | Formula One | Winfield Williams | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
2001 | CART FedEx Championship Series | Mo Nunn Racing | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 23rd |
2003 | European Touring Car Championship | BMW Team Italy-Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
2004 | European Touring Car Championship | BMW Team Italy-Spain | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14th |
2005 | World Touring Car Championship | BMW Team Italy-Spain | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 10th |
Italian Superturismo Championship | BMW Team Italy | 10 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 91 | 1st | |
European Touring Car Cup | BMW Team Italy-Spain | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3rd | |
2006 | World Touring Car Championship | BMW Team Italy-Spain | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 11th |
Italian Superturismo Championship | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 46 | 5th | ||
European Touring Car Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7th | ||
2007 | European Touring Car Championship | BMW Team Italy-Spain | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 15th |
2008 | European Touring Car Championship | BMW Team Italy-Spain | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 13th |
2009 | European Touring Car Championship | BMW Team Italy-Spain | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 12th |
2014 | Blancpain GT Sprint Series
|
ROAL Motorsport | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 19th |
2015 | Blancpain GT Sprint Series
|
ROAL Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25th |
2016 | Italian GT Championship | BMW Team Italia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 17th |
2018 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | BMW Team RMR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
2019 | WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | BMW Team RLL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 24th |
Italian GT Championship | BMW Team Italia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
† As Zanardi was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
Complete International Formula 3000 results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1989
|
Automotive BVM | SIL | VAL
|
PAU | JER | PER | BRH | BIR | SPA | BUG
|
DIJ 16 |
NC | 0 | [74] |
1991
|
Il Barone Rampante | VAL 1 |
PAU Ret |
JER 2 |
MUG 1 |
PER Ret |
HOC Ret |
BRH 2 |
SPA 2 |
BUG Ret |
NOG 2 |
2nd | 42 | [75] |
Complete Formula One results
(key)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1991
|
Team 7UP Jordan | Jordan 191 | Ford HBA4 3.5 V8 | USA | BRA | SMR | MON | CAN | MEX | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | ESP 9 |
JPN Ret |
AUS 9 |
NC | 0 |
1992
|
Minardi Team | Minardi M192 | Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12
|
RSA | MEX | BRA | ESP | SMR | MON | CAN | FRA | GBR DNQ |
GER Ret |
HUN DNQ |
BEL | ITA | POR | JPN | AUS | NC | 0 |
1993
|
Team Lotus | Lotus 107B | Ford HBD6 3.5 V8 | RSA Ret |
BRA 6 |
EUR 8 |
SMR Ret |
ESP 14† |
MON 7 |
CAN 11 |
FRA Ret |
GBR Ret |
GER Ret |
HUN Ret |
BEL DNQ |
ITA | POR | JPN | AUS | 20th | 1 |
1994
|
Team Lotus | Lotus 107C | Mugen Honda MF-351 HC 3.5 | BRA | PAC | SMR | MON | ESP 9 |
CAN 15 |
NC | 0 | ||||||||||
Lotus 109 | FRA Ret |
GBR Ret |
GER Ret |
HUN 13 |
BEL | ITA Ret |
POR | EUR 16 |
JPN 13 |
AUS Ret | |||||||||||
1999
|
Williams
|
Williams FW21
|
Supertec FB01 3.0 V10 | AUS Ret |
BRA Ret |
SMR 11† |
MON 8 |
SPA Ret |
CAN Ret |
FRA Ret |
GBR 11 |
AUT Ret |
GER Ret |
HUN Ret |
BEL 8 |
ITA 7 |
EUR Ret |
MAL 10 |
JPN Ret |
NC | 0 |
Notes:
- † – Driver did not finish the Grand Prix but was classified, as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Complete CART results
(
Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Rank | Points | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1996 | Target Ganassi Racing | Reynard 96i | Honda HRH
|
MIA 24 |
RIO 4 |
SRF 21 |
LBH 24 |
NAZ 13 |
MCH 17 |
MIL 13 |
DET 11 |
POR 1 |
CLE 2 |
TOR 2 |
MCH 21 |
MDO 1 |
ROA 3 |
VAN 26 |
LAG 1 |
3rd | 132 | [77] | ||||
1997
|
Target Chip Ganassi | Reynard 97i | Honda HRR
|
MIA 7 |
SRF 4 |
LBH 1 |
NAZ 11 |
RIO 4 |
GAT 4 |
MIL 13 |
DET 26 |
POR 11 |
CLE 1 |
TOR 2 |
MCH 1 |
MDO 1 |
ROA 1 |
VAN 4 |
LAG 3 |
FON DNS |
1st | 195 | [78] | |||
1998
|
Chip Ganassi Racing | Reynard 98i | Honda HRK
|
MIA 3 |
MOT 23 |
LBH 1 |
NAZ 2 |
RIO 2 |
GAT 1 |
MIL 8 |
DET 1 |
POR 1 |
CLE 1 |
TOR 1 |
MCH 3 |
MDO 12 |
ROA 2 |
VAN 4 |
LAG 2 |
HOU 2 |
SRF 1 |
FON 3 |
1st | 285 | [79] | |
2001 | Mo Nunn Racing
|
Reynard 01i | Honda HR-1
|
MTY 24 |
LBH 26 |
NAZ 20 |
MOT 7 |
MIL 11 |
DET 24 |
POR 26 |
CLE 13 |
TOR 4 |
MCH 20 |
CHI 9 |
MDO 19 |
ROA 13 |
VAN 24 |
LAU 20 |
ROC | HOU
|
LAG | SRF | FON | 23rd | 24 | [80] |
Source:[81]
|
International Race of Champions
(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)
International Race of Champions results | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pos. | Points | Ref |
1997 | Pontiac | DAY 10 |
CLT 12 |
CAL 12 |
MCH 12 |
12th | 17 | [82] |
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car[83] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005
|
BMW Team Italy-Spain | BMW 320i
|
ITA 1 10 |
ITA 2 7 |
FRA 1 15 |
FRA 2 25 |
GBR 1 23 |
GBR 2 DNS |
SMR 1 8 |
SMR 2 6 |
MEX 1 13 |
MEX 2 Ret |
BEL 1 WD |
BEL 2 WD |
GER 1 8 |
GER 2 1 |
TUR 1 6 |
TUR 2 3 |
ESP 1 8 |
ESP 2 5 |
MAC 1 13 |
MAC 2 4 |
10th | 36 | [84] | ||||
2006
|
BMW Team Italy-Spain | BMW 320si
|
ITA 1 7 |
ITA 2 23 |
FRA 1 14 |
FRA 2 Ret |
GBR 1 10 |
GBR 2 9 |
GER 1 24 |
GER 2 13 |
BRA 1 10 |
BRA 2 3 |
MEX 1 17 |
MEX 2 Ret |
CZE 1 2 |
CZE 2 22 |
TUR 1 1 |
TUR 2 9 |
ESP 1 15 |
ESP 2 17 |
MAC 1 23 |
MAC 2 9 |
11th | 26 | [85] | ||||
2007
|
BMW Team Italy-Spain | BMW 320si
|
BRA 1 7 |
BRA 2 6 |
NED 1 12 |
NED 2 11 |
ESP 1 Ret |
ESP 2 DNS |
FRA 1 Ret |
FRA 2 9 |
CZE 1 3 |
CZE 2 20 |
POR 1 16 |
POR 2 15 |
SWE 1 20 |
SWE 2 15 |
GER 1 Ret |
GER 2 15 |
GBR 1 15 |
GBR 2 Ret |
ITA 1 13 |
ITA 2 6 |
MAC 1 10 |
MAC 2 Ret |
15th | 14 | [86] | ||
2008
|
BMW Team Italy-Spain | BMW 320si
|
BRA 1 15 |
BRA 2 11 |
MEX 1 15 |
MEX 2 11 |
ESP 1 12 |
ESP 2 18 |
FRA 1 12 |
FRA 2 11 |
CZE 1 1 |
CZE 2 2 |
POR 1 20 |
POR 2 13 |
GBR 1 4 |
GBR 2 3 |
GER 1 12 |
GER 2 19 |
EUR 1 12 |
EUR 2 9 |
ITA 1 8 |
ITA 2 7 |
JPN 1 13 |
JPN 2 Ret |
MAC 1 23 |
MAC 2 5 |
13th | 36 | [87] |
2009
|
BMW Team Italy-Spain | BMW 320si
|
BRA 1 10 |
BRA 2 14 |
MEX 1 13 |
MEX 2 6 |
MAR 1 Ret |
MAR 2 DNS |
FRA 1 NC |
FRA 2 5 |
ESP 1 12 |
ESP 2 5 |
CZE 1 1 |
CZE 2 Ret |
POR 1 12 |
POR 2 10 |
GBR 1 12 |
GBR 2 12 |
GER 1 17 |
GER 2 Ret |
ITA 1 4 |
ITA 2 4 |
JPN 1 15 |
JPN 2 17 |
MAC 1 9 |
MAC 2 9 |
12th | 31 | [88] |
Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014
|
ROAL Motorsport | BMW Z4 GT3 | Pro | NOG QR 14 |
NOG CR 13 |
BRH QR 17 |
BRH CR 5 |
ZAN
QR |
ZAN
CR |
SVK QR 10 |
SVK CR Ret |
ALG QR 14 |
ALG CR 9 |
ZOL QR 10 |
ZOL CR 13 |
BAK QR Ret |
BAK CR DNS |
20th | 12 |
Source:[89]
|
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car[83] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | BMW Team RMR | BMW M4 DTM | HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
LAU
1 |
LAU
2 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
NOR 1 |
NOR 2 |
ZAN
1 |
ZAN
2 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
MIS 1 13 |
MIS 2 5 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
SPL 1 |
SPL 2 |
HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
NC† | 0† | [90] |
† As Zanardi was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | BMW Team RLL | GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 | DAY 9 |
SEB | LBH | MDO | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET | 24th | 22 |
Source:[89]
|
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External links
- Alex Zanardi at Racing-Reference.info
- Alex Zanardi at DriverDB.com
- Alex Zanardi at eWRC-results.com
- Alex Zanardi at Paralympic.org
- Alex Zanardi at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
- Official website
- İki Bacağını Kazada Kaybeden Yarışçı Alex Zanardi'nin Hikayesi Archived 24 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish) (English title: The amazing story of racing driver Alex Zanardi who lost both legs in an accident)