Alex Zanardi & BMW...Two Wheels Though...

[jon.bda]

Translated (sort of) version HERE

Hats off to the fella!.

 

[stockhausen]

An absolutely amazingly determined, inspirational guy; his WIKIPEDIA entry is well worth a read, followed by a pause for reflection.

 

[TaKeN]

Wow, what a bloke. His accident sounds Horrific!

 

[Fr0dders]

it was !

 

[Mad old tory]

Utter legend, now planning to race for Italy in the 2012 paralympic handcycling

 

[Zip]

it was !

I was up watching that race when it happend.

From what i remember is the commentators were taking about him for ages before the just at the start of the race.

Then he had the crash later on.

 

[Skii]

I remember seeing the photo of the impact at the time, and feeling a little queasy when I quickly realised what all of the pink and red stuff was.
The very fact that he survived was incredible, proper respect.

 

[Skeeter]

Aparently his heart stopped a number of times, and he was read the last rights.

 

[alex24]

Fast guy. Saw him at brands once, but unfortunately he ended up in the gravel.

 

[Flibster]

Absolute legend.

Terrible in F1, but his recovery has been remarkable and his passion to race to still be there as well is amazing.

*puts on hat....*
*doffs hat*

 

[Simon]

What a hero. 2golds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0N1gLOx3Os&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[englishpremier]

Boom. One more biker. Great stuff.

 

[pingwing]

Amazing guy, wish he had a better run in F1 but such an amazing guy.

I really like the he got back in the car to finish the rest of the race from his accident.

Only thing, why does he have a pineapple when he comes out of hospital??

 

[Indy500]

Amazing guy, wish he had a better run in F1 but such an amazing guy.

A good chunk of that wasn't his fault - check out the F1 rejects entry for info on his first stint.

http://www.f1rejects.com/drivers/zanardi/biography.html

As for 1999, I commented on that here:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=22717412&highlight=zanardi#post22717412

Only thing, why does he have a pineapple when he comes out of hospital??

When he first raced for Ganassi in CART, his crew chief Morris Nunn called him "pineapple" in reference to his constant questions in the garage (I'm not sure the analogy works but Zanardi got a picture of one on his race helmet afterwards).

 

[jon.bda]

Loved him doing the handstand on his chair at the end on his second (?) race in the paralympics...then laughing like a loon when he sat back down and promptly tipped it over backwards!