Paralympic champion and former racer Alex Zanardi has left hospital following injuries in a motorcycle crash 18 months ago.
Former F1 driver and Champ Car champion Zanardi suffered a severe head injury in a collision with a truck during the Obiettivo Tricolore in June 2020. Since then he has experienced several races. surgery and receive care at a specialist facility in Padua, Italy.
On Monday, his wife confirmed he had been discharged from the hospital.
“An important step is that Alex was able to leave the hospital a few weeks ago and is now home with us,” she said in a statement. “We’ve waited a long time for this and are delighted that it’s doable now, even if there are still temporary occupants in the special clinics planned for the future to implement special rehabilitation measures in place.
“Rehabilitation continues to be a long process. A rehabilitation program led by physicians, physiotherapists, neuropsychologists, and speech therapists has resulted in steady progress. Of course, failures are and still can happen. Sometimes you also have to take two steps back in order to take one step forward. true master.”
Zanardi, 55, drives for Lotus, Minardi and Williams on either side of the road at Champ Car, where he won the title in 1997 and 1998. The Italian driver lost both legs in a horrific crash last year. 2001, but he returned to racing at the World Touring Car Championship in 2005 in a modified car.
He is also interested in pushchair racing and has won four Paralympic gold medals – two at London 2012 and two at Rio 2016 – as well as two silver medals.
