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redfiona99) wrote2012-09-06 04:05 pm
redfiona99) wrote2012-09-06 04:05 pm
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Alex Zanardi Link Spam
I trust you won't mind a link spam in his honour.
Inspirational Zanardi - http://www.grandprix.com/columns/maurice-hamilton/inspirational-zanardi.html I have to admit to liking this bit - "After losing three-quarters of his blood and undergoing resuscitation several times, Zanardi was officially a dead man according to a NASA study charting the critical point beyond which a human body cannot survive."
Alex Zanardi wins Paralympics 2012 handcycling gold - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/19493510
Gray Matter: The inspiration of Zanardi - http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/will-gray/gray-matter-inspiration-zanardi-114121779.html
As a measure of the man - >>Zanardi said he called Tagliani as soon as he could talk because he didn't want him to feel responsible - and humbly suggested: "I am sure it's harder for him than for me."<<
and
>>He exudes positivity, and after his victory he said: "I'm a person who has had plenty from life and lady luck keeps on adding stuff..."<<
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I think the thing is, that for all that he normally gets lumped into the pile of other 'successful in US Formulae, not successful in F1' racers, but he, more than most of the others, never had a chance, because both that Lotus and that Williams were pretty terrible.
The thing I remember though is after the accident and his return to racing, a race report which reported that one of Mark Blundell's radio messages had described Alex Zanardi as (some paraphrasing), 'a loon with no sense of danger'. That's high praise indeed.
Inspirational Zanardi - http://www.grandprix.com/columns/maurice-hamilton/inspirational-zanardi.html I have to admit to liking this bit - "After losing three-quarters of his blood and undergoing resuscitation several times, Zanardi was officially a dead man according to a NASA study charting the critical point beyond which a human body cannot survive."
Alex Zanardi wins Paralympics 2012 handcycling gold - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/19493510
Gray Matter: The inspiration of Zanardi - http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/will-gray/gray-matter-inspiration-zanardi-114121779.html
As a measure of the man - >>Zanardi said he called Tagliani as soon as he could talk because he didn't want him to feel responsible - and humbly suggested: "I am sure it's harder for him than for me."<<
and
>>He exudes positivity, and after his victory he said: "I'm a person who has had plenty from life and lady luck keeps on adding stuff..."<<
~~~~
I think the thing is, that for all that he normally gets lumped into the pile of other 'successful in US Formulae, not successful in F1' racers, but he, more than most of the others, never had a chance, because both that Lotus and that Williams were pretty terrible.
The thing I remember though is after the accident and his return to racing, a race report which reported that one of Mark Blundell's radio messages had described Alex Zanardi as (some paraphrasing), 'a loon with no sense of danger'. That's high praise indeed.