Zanardi, Alessandro (I)
b 23/10/1966 (Bologna)
1985 - Italian Kart Champion
1986 - Italian Kart Champion
1987 - European Kart Champion
1988 - Italian F3, 14th
1989 - Italian F3, 7th. Car handicapped when switch to unleaded fuel
mid-season reduced power from Toyota engine. F3000 debut (Automotor)
at Dijon, 16th
1990 - Italian F3, 2nd, 2 wins (Varano). Won FIA F3 European cup at Le Mans.
7th in Macau F3 race
1991 - F3000 (Il Barone Rampante), 2nd, 2 wins (Vallelunga, Mugello)
3 F1 races (Jordan), 0 points
1992 - Benetton test driver. 3 races (Minardi), DNQ=2
1993 - 12 races (Lotus), 1 point, 20th. (6th Brazil).Hospitalised after 150mph
crash head on into barriers at Eau Rouge, Spa. Had severe
concussion
1994 - 10 races (Lotus), 0 points.
1995 - Sportscars (Lotus): 4th Silverstone
1996 - Indycar (Ganassi Reynard Honda 961), 3rd, 132 pts. Rookie of the Year
Date Q R Venue Result/Reason
3/3 14 - Homestead accident
17/3 1 4 Rio de Janeiro +2.767s
31/3 3 21 Surfers' Paradise transmission
14/4 2 - Long Beach accident
28/4 9 13 Nazareth -7 laps
26/5 4 - US500 - Michigan engine
2/6 7 13 Milwaukee -5 laps
9/6 5 11 Detroit -1 lap
23/6 1 1 Portland 1:50:35.401
30/6 2 2 Cleveland +1.033
14/7 2 2 Toronto +1.950
28/7 2 - Michigan accident
11/8 1 1 Mid-Ohio 1:46:49.44
18/8 1 3 Elkhart Lake +5.375
1/9 1 - Vancouver accident
8/9 1 1 Laguna Seca 1:48:32.15
1997 - Indycars (Ganassi Reynard Honda 971): CHAMPION, 195 pts, 5 wins
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
2/3 1 7 Homestead 147 laps
6/4 1 4 Surfers' Paradise 57 laps
13/4 2 1 Long Beach 1h46m17.792s
27/4 21 11 Nazareth -2 laps
11/5 26 4 Rio de Janeiro 133 laps
25/5 10 4 Gateway Park +6.132s
1/6 17 13 Milwaukee -1 lap
8/6 4 26 Detroit ret/1 lap/accident
22/6 7 11 Portland +58.916s
13/7 1 1 Cleveland 1h41m40.661s
20/7 6 2 Toronto +0.659s
27/7 7 1 Michigan 2h59m35.579s
10/8 2 1 Mid-Ohio 1h41m16.682s
17/8 3 1 Road America 1h57m54.544s
31/8 1 4 Vancouver +7.738s
7/9 2 3 Laguna Seca +11.328s
28/9 DNS - Withdrew after accident in practice
IROC
Feb 14 Daytona 11th, 40 laps
May 16 Charlotte 12th, 50 laps
Jun 21 California Speedway 12th, retired
Jul 27 Michigan 12th, retired
1998 - Indycars (Forsythe Racing Reynard-Honda 98I), Champion, 285 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
15/3 6 3 Homestead 1:33:40.204
28/3 4 23 Motegi 118 laps, contact
5/4 11 1 Long Beach 1:51:29.113
27/4 8 2 Nazareth +1.400s
10/5 2 2 Rio de Janeiro +0.427s
23/5 11 1 Gateway 2:23:02.140
31/5 23 9 Milwaukee 199 laps
7/6 2 1 Detroit 1:41:17.673
21/6 5 1 Portland 1:54:06.822
12/7 3 1 Cleveland 1:52:22.282
19/7 2 1 Toronto 1:52:24.080
26/7 7 3 Michigan - US500 +0.001s
9/8 13 12 Mid-Ohio +27.994s
16/8 11 2 Road America +7.102s
6/9 3 4 Vancouver +5.002s
13/9 5 2 Laguna Seca +3.779s
4/10 8 2 Houston +0.646s
18/10 2 1 Surfers' Paradise 2:01:51.170
1/11 18 3 Fontana +1.117s
1999 - F1 (Williams-Supertec FW21), 0 pts.
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
7/3 15 - Australia ret/accident
11/4 16 - Brazil ret/43 laps/differential
2/5 10 11 San Marino ret/58 laps/spin
16/5 11 8 Monaco -2 laps
30/5 17 - Spain ret/24 laps/gearbox
13/6 12 - Canada ret/50 laps/spin
27/6 15 - France ret/26 laps/spin & drowned engine
11/7 13 11 Britain 1:33:47.268
25/7 14 - Austria ret/35 laps/out of fuel
1/8 14 - Germany ret/21 laps/differential
15/8 15 - Hungary ret/10 laps/differential
29/8 8 8 Belgium 1:26:50.079
12/9 4 7 Italy 1:17:30.970
26/9 18 - Europe ret/10 laps/accident
17/10 16 10 Malaysia -1 lap
31/10 16 - Japan ret/0 laps/electrics
2001 - Indycars (Mo Nunn Racing Reynard-Honda 01): 23rd, 24 pts
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
26/3 22 - Monterrey ret/39 laps/accident
8/4 20 - Long Beach ret/27 laps/mechanical
6/5 21 - Nazareth ret/167 laps/mechanical
19/5 8 7 Motegi -2 laps
3/6 15 11 Milwaukee -1 lap
17/6 16 - Detroit ret/3 laps/accident
24/6 26 - Portland ret/0 laps/accident
1/7 13 13 Cleveland 1h47m57.564
15/7 24 4 Toronto 2h00m03.805
22/7 14 - Michigan ret/179 laps/electrical
29/7 5 9 Chicago MS 1h45m29.992
17/8 20 19 Mid-Ohio -3 laps
19/8 23 13 Road America 2h00m56.077
2/9 23 - Vancouver ret/40 laps/accident
15/9 22 - Lausitzring ret/142 laps/accident
Span coming out of the pitlane at Lausitzring, and was hit by a car
going over 200mph while almost stationary. Zanardi lost both legs in
the accident.
2003 – European Touring Cars (Ravaglia BMW 320i):
Oct 19 Monza ret/1 lap/accident
Oct 19 Monza 7th, 18m45.971
2004 – European Touring Cars (Ravaglia Motorsport BMW 320i): 15th, 8 pts
Mar 20 Monza 8th, 21m23.578
Mar 20 Monza 10th, 18m34.593
Apr 18 Valencia 9th, 22m52.388
Apr 18 Valencia 10th, 22m55.939
May 2 Magny-Cours 20th, -3 laps
May 2 Magny-Cours 16th, 23m08.454
May 16 Hockenheim 12th, 20m47.019
May 16 Hockenheim 9th, 20m35.548
May 30 Brno 21st, -1 lap
May 30 Brno 17th, 23m34.297
Jun 27 Donington Park 12th, 22m06.034
Jun 27 Donington Park 7th, 21m57.535
Jul 31 Spa-Francorchamps ret/0 laps/accident damage
Jul 31 Spa-Francorchamps 16th, 21m07.732
Sep 5 Imola 13th, 22m37.927
Sep 5 Imola ret/3 laps/accident
Sep 19 Oschersleben ret/8 laps/accident
Sep 19 Oschersleben 14th, 22m38.809
Oct 8 Dubai 7th, 22m42.527
Oct 8 Dubai 6th, 22m46.594
2005 – FIA World Touring Cars (Ravaglia Motorsport BMW 320i): 10th, 35 pts
Apr 10 Monza 10th, 18m18.046
Apr 10 Monza 7th, 18m19.882
May 1 Magny-Cours 15th, 22m54.737
May 1 Magny-Cours 25th, 23m17.569
May 15 Silverstone 23rd, -1 lap/accident
May 15 Silverstone DNS – accident damage
May 29 Imola 8th, 22m29.678
May 29 Imola 6th, 22m27.996
Jun 26 Puebla 13th, 26m33.570
Jun 26 Puebla ret/1 lap/accident
Jul 31 Spa-Francorchamps DNS/practice accident
Aug 28 Oschersleben 8th, 22m17.081
Aug 28 Oschersleben 1st, 21m59.901
Sep 18 Istanbul Park 6th, 21m21.807
Sep 18 Istanbul Park 3rd, 21m08.868
Oct 2 Valencia 8th, 23m08.694
Oct 2 Valencia 5th, 23m09.676
Nov 20 Macau 13th, 42m43.947
Nov 20 Macau 5th, 37m54.758
FIA European Touring Car Cup (BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i): 3rd
overall (1st R1, 22m25.305. 7th R2, 22m44.553)
2006 – WTCC (BMW Team Italy-Spain/ROAL BMW 320 si): 11th, 26 pts
Apr 2 Monza 7th, 25m52.559
Apr 2 Monza 23rd/7 laps/accident damage
Apr 30 Magny-Cours 14th, 22m41.289
Apr 30 Magny-Cours ret/1 lap/accident
May 21 Brands Hatch GP 10th, 24m28.659
May 21 Brands Hatch GP 9th, 30m17.039
Jun 4 Oschersleben 24th, -1 lap
Jun 4 Oschersleben 13th, 22m23.247
Jul 2 Curitiba 10th, 26m10.912
Jul 2 Curitiba 3rd, 25m43.932
Jul 30 Puebla 17th, 58m21.384
Jul 30 Puebla ret/2 laps/accident
Sep 3 Brno 2nd, 22m40.795
Sep 3 Brno 22nd, 9 laps/accident
Sep 24 Istanbul Park 1st, 21m19.910
Sep 24 Istanbul Park 9th, 23m25.812
Oct 8 Valencia 15th, 28m41.296
Oct 8 Valencia 17th, 23m42.409
Nov 19 Macau 23rd, -3 laps
Nov 19 Macau 9th, 36m12.908
European Touring Car Cup (BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320 si): 7th.
2007 – WTCC (BMW Team Italy-Spain/ROAL BMW 320si): 15th, 14 pts
Mar 11 Curitiba 7th, 25m49.216
Mar 11 Curitiba 6th, 20m30.454
May 6 Zandvoort 12th, 25m23.663
May 6 Zandvoort 11th, 22m16.055
May 20 Valencia ret/0 laps/accident
May 20 Valencia DNS
Jun 3 Pau ret/11 laps/accident damage
Jun 3 Pau 9th, 32m17.000
Jun 17 Brno 3rd, 26m54.894
Jun 17 Brno 20th, 24m18.860
Jul 8 Boavista 16th, 34m22.896
Jul 8 Boavista 15th, 32m40.133
Jul 29 Anderstorp 20th, 24m37.460
Jul 29 Anderstorp 15th, 23m56.566
Aug 26 Oschersleben ret/1 lap/accident
Aug 26 Oschersleben 15th, 23m10.656
Sep 23 Brands Hatch 15th, 27m01.993
Sep 23 Brands Hatch ret/0 laps/accident
Oct 7 Monza 13th, 18m35.768
Oct 7 Monza 6th, 18m32.456
Nov 18 Macau 10th, 23m26.125
Nov 18 Macau ret/3 laps/gearbox
2008 – FIA WTCC (BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si): 13th, 36 pts
Mar 2 Curitiba 15th, -1 lap
Mar 2 Curitiba 11th, 20m24.270
Apr 6 Puebla 15th, 27m38.346
Apr 6 Puebla 11th, 28m00.059
May 18 Valencia 12th, 23m19.972
May 18 Valencia 18th, 24m24.647
Jun 1 Pau 12th, 52m45.854
Jun 1 Pau 11th, 36m45.889
Jun 15 Brno 1st, 21m55.769
Jun 15 Brno 2nd, 22m04.469
Jul 13 Estoril 20th, 23m40.321
Jul 13 Estoril 13th, 22m21.502
Jul 27 Brands Hatch GP 4th, 22m28.697
Jul 27 Brands Hatch GP 3rd, 30m06.448
Aug 31 Oschersleben 12th, 23m16.777
Aug 31 Oschersleben 19th, 23m23.699
Sep 21 Imola 12th, 21m38.879
Sep 21 Imola 9th, 30m26.786
Oct 5 Monza 8th, 18m27.504
Oct 5 Monza 7th, 18m27.919
Oct 26 Okayama 13th, 26m43.420
Oct 26 Okayama ret/1 lap/accident
Nov 16 Macau 23rd, 6 laps/ret
Nov 16 Macau 5th, 24m14.943
2009 – WTCC (BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si): 12th, 31 pts
Mar 8 Curitiba 10th, 27m01.904
Mar 8 Curitiba 14th, 28m11.964
Mar 22 Puebla 13th, 27m14.493
Mar 22 Puebla 6th, 26m47.295
May 3 Marrakech ret/3 laps/accident
May 3 Marrakech DNS
May 17 Pau NC/12 laps
May 17 Pau 5th, 52m38.413
May 31 Valencia 12th, 23m36.203
May 31 Valencia 5th, 23m22.751
Jun 21 Brno 1st, 29m26.496
Jun 21 Brno ret/4 laps/steering
Jul 5 Porto 12th, 1h04m30.716
Jul 5 Porto 10th, 47m55.887
Jul 19 Brands Hatch 12th, 28m38.360
Jul 19 Brands Hatch 12th, 28m30.162
Sep 6 Oschersleben 17th, -1 lap
Sep 6 Oschersleben ret/3 laps/accident
Sep 20 Imola 4th, 29m33.158
Sep 20 Imola 4th, 21m56.147
Nov 1 Okayama 15th, 33m14.798
Nov 1 Okayama 17th, 28m05.594
Nov 22 Macau 9th, 23m18.928
Nov 22 Macau 9th, 22m26.333
2011 – Won handcycle class in the New York Marathon.
2012 - Won Paralympic gold medals in the H4 hand cycling road race and time trial
events held at Brands Hatch, also winning a silver in the team time trial.
2014 – Blancpain Sprint Series (ROAL Motorsport BMW Z4):
Apr 21 Nogaro 13th, 1h02m28.312
May 18 Brands Hatch 5th, 1h01m42.560
Aug 24 Slovakia Ring ret/1 lap
Sep 7 Algarve 9th, 1h01m00.405
Oct 19 Zolder 13th, 1h00m38.860
2015 – Blancpain Endurance Series (ROAL Motorsport BMW): with T.Glock, B.Spengler
Jun 20 Paul Ricard ret/85 laps
Jul 25 Spa 24 Hrs 25th, -36 laps/engine
2016 - Won Paralympic gold medal in hand cycling time trial. Italian GT (BMW Italia
BMW M6 GT3): Won R2 Mugello in one-off race.
2018 – DTM (BMW M4):
Aug 25 Misano 13th, 58m10.474
Aug 26 Misano 5th, 58m06.470
2019 – Daytona 24 Hrs (BMW Team RLL BMW M8 GTE): 31st, 553 laps (9th GTLM), with J.Edwards,
J.Krohn, C.Mostert.
Super GT DTM Dream Race (BMW M4 DTM):
Nov 23 Fuji ret/17 laps
Nov 24 Fuji 13th, 57m46.042