Talk:Alex Zanardi

Misinformation about the Lausitzring accident
Did anyone fact-check the line that Zanardi "suffered severely broken bones in both legs. Doctors felt that surgery would not save both legs in time and that Zanardi needed amputation" when they removed the previous report that he'd suffered a traumatic amputation of both legs? There are numerous corroborating sources (text and video documentary) that medical staff were dealing with the profuse blood loss of Zanardi's stumps. On top of that, there is one particularly gruesome still photo available showing pieces of Zanardi's legs in the air when Tagliani collided with him. The amputation that the doctors performed was to tidy up the trauma of the primary amputation caused immediately by the crash. I'm curious what the motivation was behind replacing fact-checked information from multiple sources reporting a consistent course of events with a differing story. Dazman83 (talk) 20:47, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

September 11th reference
I don't really like the sentence "Ironically, the race was the only sporting event to take place after the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks on America, dispite pressure to have it postponed."

Can we changed this sentence? I don't find it especially ironic that an Italian was injured in Germany following attacks on American soil. The sentence also uses Lots Of Capital Letters for No Particular Reason. Instead, can we just put the exact date of the crash in there? (I'm not sure what it was.) If you feel the September 11th date comparison is useful, it could be put in as "days after" or something. In short, I don't find the idea of comparing dates invalid, I just don't think it was done in the best way possible.

This is just my opinion, and I'm definitely willing to discuss it, which is why I posted to the talk page rather than just doing it. :) --Steven Fisher 03:03, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * The new version (not written by me) seems more balanced. --MartinUK 19:16, 16 June 2006 (UTC)


 * The new version is completely untrue. The race was not the first major sporting even after the 9/11 attacks, there were Champions League football matches (for instance) held after the attacks and played in incredibly subdued atmospheres. Blankfrackis (talk) 12:12, 21 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Then maybe it should be rephrased to read "first major American sporting event", which IIRC it was.87.143.156.165 (talk) 04:45, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Stuff
I've heard Alex has more CART podia than anybody; can somebody confirm & include? Trekphiler 05:13, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Maybe more in a season or in succession than anyone else, but I doubt he took more in 3 competitive seasons than guys like Michael Andretti or Bobby Rahal did in a decade. --MartinUK 19:14, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Recent New York Times article on his F1 test drive - http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/sports/AP-CAR-F1-Zanardi-Return.html


 * My bad. It's in 1 season.... Trekphiler 04:59, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Place of birth
Zanardi was born in Bologna, Official Site --79.25.4.188 (talk) 08:55, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Nothing on that page says that. 4u1e (talk) 22:33, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I've ref'd it from his autobiography. 4u1e (talk) 14:21, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

TV career
Last year he was a TV conductor, see following video and articles (in Italian):


 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOSdG6fgu-M
 * http://www.rai.it/dl/portali/site/articolo/ContentItem-7ee0b22d-fa82-4e56-9621-c6b818ff8600.html
 * http://www.sorrisi.com/2010/10/29/alex-zanardi-presenta-e-se-domani-su-raitre-da-domani-sera/

--Legolas558 (talk) 10:02, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

And also mentioned in the Italian wikipedia: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_se_domani_%28programma_televisivo%29

--Legolas558 (talk) 10:26, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

handbiking
This article is missing a section for his handbiking career stats, as it already contains his motorsports career stats. -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 05:59, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

Some photos of it would be good as well. -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 06:03, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

Paragraph
the following paragraph, does not seem or sound objective "Zanardi was not only back behind the wheel, he was also racing again, with the aid of hand-operated brake and accelerator controls. He completed the final thirteen laps at the race track which had nearly killed him in 2001, and did so at highly competitive speeds approaching 310 km/h (193 mph). In fact, had he been qualifying for the race that weekend, he would have been fifth. It persuaded him that a race return was something to pursue" A less "fan[s]natic" view may help the page — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.221.23.190 (talk) 23:47, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

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Dead?
Why does this article list Alex Zanardi as having died in Heppenheim? I'm pretty sure he's still alive and racing...185.192.69.118 (talk) 19:41, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
 * It was vandalism. It's been fixed. Thanks. DH85868993 (talk) 20:59, 20 February 2019 (UTC)