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Zanardi’s condition serious but stable after accident
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Former Formula One driver and twice Champ Car champion Alex Zanardi remained in serious but stable condition in intensive care yesterday after suffering severe head injuries in a road accident while racing his handbike in Italy on Friday.
The 53-year-old Italian, who lost both legs and nearly his life in a 2001 Champ Car crash in Germany, was still under sedation, intubated and breathing with the help of a ventilator, according to a hospital statement. The Santa Maria alle Le Scotte hospital in Siena said that Zanardi spent the night in “cardio-respiratory and metabolic stability” although the neurological situation remained serious. “The current conditions of general stability still do not allow us to exclude the possibility of adverse events,” the statement added. Zanardi is an inspirational figure in motorsport and Paralympics, a hugely popular and positive competitor who returned from life-changing injuries with a smile. He had both legs amputated above the knee, with his heart stopping seven times as he lost all but a liter of the blood in his body, after the horrific crash at the Lausitzring in Germany on September 15, 2001.
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