Yesterday marked the tenth anniversary of Alex Zanardi’s horrific accident in a CART race at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz in Germany. Despite having both legs amputated Zanardi returned to professional motor racing less than two years after his crash.

The Race of Two Worlds website reflects on Zanardi’s career and remarkable comeback to motor racing. It’s well worth a read. Here’s a teaser; follow the source link below for more:

The permanent CART safety team performed miracles to even save his life; there was less than a litre of blood left in him when they made the transfusions that rescued him from the abyss. In typical Zanardi style he jokes that with all that German blood in him they should give him a passport!

[Source: Race of Two Worlds | Pic: alex-zanardi.com]