The first Formula One (F-1) World Championship team “Ferrari” in the first stage of the 2020 season will support former racer Alesandro Dzanardi with slogans on bolides, who is still in a difficult situation less than two weeks after the accident.
According to the news agency ANSA, there will be stickers on both sides of the vehicle with the inscriptions “Forza Alex” (“Forward, Alex!”).
The F-1 2020 season will start this weekend with a section on the Spielberg track in Austria.
It has already been reported that the 53-year-old Italian was seriously injured in a head-on collision with an oncoming truck when he took part in a trip with his three-wheeler in Pyongyang to Sankt Virico d’Orch. The gills have been in an artificial coma since last Friday and are connected to the artificial respiration system.
On Monday, Siena Hospital announced that the athlete had undergone observations, which concluded that another operation was needed. Doctors still describe his condition as severe.
Dzanardi has gained fame in sports with his perseverance and selflessness. On September 15, 2001, in a CART series race in Germany in a Dzanardi car, which went out of the boxes, Alex’s Tajani car was hit at a speed of about 320 kilometers per hour. The Taljans did not cause serious injuries in the accident, but Dzanardi’s life was endangered for several days. The doctors managed to save his life, but Dzanardi lost both legs. He became a two-time CART champion during his career.
The very next year after the accident, he was back on the track and in 2007 turned to parasports. In the last two Paralympic Games, the Italian has won four gold and two silver medals in a wheelchair, and also aimed at the Tokyo Paralympic Games. He is also a twelve-time world champion.
Between 1991 and 1999, Dzanardi competed in 41 Formula One (F-1) World Championships, representing the Jordan, Minardi, Lotus and Williams teams.
