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Former Lotus and Williams driver Alex Zanardi is set to return to the cockpit of a Formula 1 car next month for the first time since losing both legs in a traumatic Champ Car accident in 2001.
German magazine Auto Motor und Sport reports that Zanardi will drive a 2006-spec BW Sauber at the BMW World Finals event in Valencia on November 26.
Like the BMW 320i that he races in the World Touring Car Championship, the F1 car will be specially adapted with a larger brake pedal for his prosthetic legs and a hand-operated throttle.
The Italian’s courage and cheerful stoicism in coping with his injuries has inspired and awed the worldwide motor racing community.
In 2003 he stepped back into a Champ Car at the Lausitzring oval which was the scene of his near-fatal crash two years earlier to complete the 13 laps that remained at the time of the accident.
He has also been a regular competitor in the WTCC for the past two seasons, winning the recent Turkish round at Istanbul Park.
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Have to say this guy is very courageous.
Most would've just let losing two legs ruin their lives and it would probabbly ruin them long term mentally but this guy has taken it on the chin and got on with the sport he loves in motor racing.
Be great if he evr could competitively come back to F1 although im not sure ho likely this would ever be.
Zanardi To Return To F1 Car
