I was a CART official at Rockingham a week later and the whole paddock was in shock. During one of the rain delays we had a briefing on what happened and the rescue by Dr Steve Olvey and Simple Green Safety Team. I spoke to Tags during the Friday rain out and he was distraught so much so I had to call Dr Terry Trammell over to help him. Tags was glad that there was someone to talk to who was in CART but not a full time member. That month was a hard month for CART
He is one of the most blessed human beings Ive ever heard of. Floundering in Formula One in uncompetitive cars in the 90's. Nearly killed at Spa during practice for the GP. Came to the USA won the Indycar Championship convincingly. Went back to F1 but again didnt go anywhere except back to Indycar and then this! In an accident which absolutely should have killed him. Heart of a Lion.
@MilibandDavid why? It was an accident. Alex spun off of the exit road and onto the track in front of Patrick. Pat is going nearly 200mph, you can't simply react that fast mid corner.
How can anybody make a joke from this ! I genuinely had nothing but tears in my eyes & hands over my mouth when I saw this & if you Fuckers who make jokes really do find this funny then you need help BIG HELP as anybody who at least as any ounce of decency in them would contemplate on how lucky they really are in life ! & For me personally it actually makes me want to stop taking my body for granted by abusing it & actually do something with my life ! Although unlike him I probably never will.
00:08 you can actually see blood running down the track, cant believe he would still be conscious and moving what was left of his legs then. The guy is made of steel
Alex needed to be reanimated seven (!) times. When you look at sheer statistics, the chances of a successful reanimation are in the region of 10 to 20 percent. If you want to know how much luck one needs to finally stay alive after all this, do the math.
00:08 is he actually moving what is left of his leg? damn!!! i thought he fainted immediately. was he conscious? and you can even see pieces of his leg at the end of the video jeez...
but he's a tough one, he went back to life the way no one would imagine. hero.
There's nothing else in a champ car "Squishy" enough to look like that during a crash. You're probably looking at the remants of the fat and musculature of his legs.
Zanardi is a great guy with a great attitude towards life. I've never seen this angle before and I'm glad it wasn't zoomed in any farther, there's already some things showing that is very "real"
I'm so sorry for Zanardi cos he's crashed and we know the consequences. But i'm so glad that he still lived for that matter! Even been racing after that hideous crash too! Respect!
well that was a big one check the speed difference his car just accelerate like hell.. i am not sure in F1 car in this situation have better chances , but agree F1 cars are safer!
@glogmulch34 Nonsence. It's just impossible to constuct a car stable enough for such a situation. They were driving at about 350 km/h; there you cut though everything like it's butter.
This was really horror. I remember seeing this crash live on german tv. Just a minute after the crash the tv-station (ARD) stopped the whole coverage because of the horror that went trough the world (11th September, USA). Very late in the evening I heard the first news that Zanardi is alive. It was so poor from the ARD to stop it. God bless Zanardi, a good guy and brave in his destiny.
No I was referring to the meaning of his name, not his intentions as a driver. You said that the meaning of his name was ironic, I was making a comment on that.
It puts a new meaning to the term ironic because that's not what ironic means. If Tagliani meant 'to never crash' or 'near miss' then that would be a display of irony and, therefore, ironic.
I didn't mean to be heartless, what i said is what Zanardi joked about on David Letterman show! He said that his son asked him if Alex Tagliani meant to cut his legs because his name was Tagliani, he of course told his son the truth! You should see that interview, i mean, Alex Zanardi is one of my heroes, he was able to make jokes about not having his legs and be so optimistic about life. People might learn a thing or two from Zanardi's example!
At some point in the interview Zanardi said that the germans pumped so much german blood in him that he should have a german passport! I laughed my ass out when i saw it! The optimism in the man is just staggering!
@brav0wing hahahahha did he really say that? when i saw his accident in one of the documentaries on natgeo, i could tell he's such a positive and optimistic man. respect for him!
@brav0wing He truely is amazing the way he has not let this horrifc accident stop him from achieving anything he has set out to do the fact he has gone on to win races in the world touring car and is preparing to try and win a medal at the London 2012 paraolympics many people would have sat and mourned to loss of their legs I have the most amount of respect for him in awe of him really
An electronics store by my house actually has one of his old indy cars new tires and everythin they even let me sit in it! I was so honored to sit in car that this man sat in.
But what really has given me shivers on my spine was at 0:08 when he flits his exposed fleshless left femur. That's far beyond the concept of excruciating pain
Yes, fordrule888, i can tell u. I saw him at a WTCC race at Hockenheim. I was standing near to the park fermé, so i got a look of his car. The Steeringweel of the BMW 320 was modified especially for him: With most of the driving functions in a video game style handset on the steering wheel, Zanardi's BMW will have its accelerator and clutch attached to the steering wheel. The additional hand controls make it possible for Zanardi to drive without legs. Fantastic Driver!
He lost his legs from above the knees and lost a massive amount of blood. But he survivied and continued racing with prostetic legs. He even drove a specially designed F1 car in testing.
this was a very bad crash...Zanardi lost his legs...the other Car is crashed to him with 200 mph (ca. 320 km/h) firstly everyone thought he is dead but he had "only" lost his legs
I would never go to that hospital then. What kind of hospital is that where you go in with two healthy legs and when you come out you don't have them anymore!?!?!?
in the freeze frame it looks a bit like u can see his bursting legs
HALraza 2 months ago
How Zanardis leg moves OMFG
TheNFSRocket 2 months ago
I was a CART official at Rockingham a week later and the whole paddock was in shock. During one of the rain delays we had a briefing on what happened and the rescue by Dr Steve Olvey and Simple Green Safety Team. I spoke to Tags during the Friday rain out and he was distraught so much so I had to call Dr Terry Trammell over to help him. Tags was glad that there was someone to talk to who was in CART but not a full time member. That month was a hard month for CART
farodealer 2 months ago
And he still ended 4th in the New York Marathon wearing his leg protheses. Unbelievable, Zanardi is a true iron man.
ursuss100 2 months ago
@ursuss100 Zanardi used a hand cycle for those marathons haha.
f40f50enzof60 1 month ago
He is one of the most blessed human beings Ive ever heard of. Floundering in Formula One in uncompetitive cars in the 90's. Nearly killed at Spa during practice for the GP. Came to the USA won the Indycar Championship convincingly. Went back to F1 but again didnt go anywhere except back to Indycar and then this! In an accident which absolutely should have killed him. Heart of a Lion.
THEORIGINALEXSCAPER 3 months ago
To not die from such an impact & its consequences is unbelievable.
flipsidedogchop 3 months ago
@flipsidedogchop Yeah he should be dead.
atishraja 3 months ago
And Zanardi still drive WTCC
Busch18Kyle 4 months ago
0:25 ***** Shit Look the limbs in the left up side!!!!
xxxxxUndertakerxxxx 4 months ago
I hate the cunt who hit him.
MilibandDavid 5 months ago
@MilibandDavid why? It was an accident. Alex spun off of the exit road and onto the track in front of Patrick. Pat is going nearly 200mph, you can't simply react that fast mid corner.
TeamPBR2000 4 months ago
@TeamPBR2000 Patrick Carpentier was the first one....the one who hit Zanardi is Alex Tagliani!
SsmAnyfeSt 4 months ago
Zanardi is to be commended but what about the response team and the German doctors? Those people saved his life.
dmarkj22 6 months ago
That's bloody awful!
hearts76100 7 months ago
At 0:08 Zanardi tries moving.
smimot 8 months ago
alessandro zanardi!
legend!!
PESOLI100 9 months ago
How can anybody make a joke from this ! I genuinely had nothing but tears in my eyes & hands over my mouth when I saw this & if you Fuckers who make jokes really do find this funny then you need help BIG HELP as anybody who at least as any ounce of decency in them would contemplate on how lucky they really are in life ! & For me personally it actually makes me want to stop taking my body for granted by abusing it & actually do something with my life ! Although unlike him I probably never will.
FFanatic1 9 months ago
At 0:27 is that his feet?
eminemisboss313 9 months ago
@eminemisboss313 what's left of them yeah.
and Eminem is boss,btw.(I'm sure you prolly heard that before,but it is true)
noonecfcf 8 months ago
Both his legs litterally exploded on impact so yep it's not jello it's body parts flying in the air.
sylvainh2o 8 months ago
terrible pictures :(
Wallbreaker91 10 months ago
@Wallbreaker91 F2ck you, pussy!
bugpartsoup 9 months ago
@bugpartsoup U mad? O_o"
Wallbreaker91 9 months ago
@bugpartsoup dude,wtf is wrong with you? dont be like that ewing90 or whatever his name is asshole
noonecfcf 8 months ago
whenever you watch these types of crashes, you think "if only he knew what was going to happen" or in a horrified tone you want to shout "look out"
lilwalkman2009 11 months ago
00:08 you can actually see blood running down the track, cant believe he would still be conscious and moving what was left of his legs then. The guy is made of steel
shazmeister2005 1 year ago
look nine seconds into the video here you see somthing move up and then back down right in the front of the race car anyone know what that is?
twotoneify 1 year ago
Alex needed to be reanimated seven (!) times. When you look at sheer statistics, the chances of a successful reanimation are in the region of 10 to 20 percent. If you want to know how much luck one needs to finally stay alive after all this, do the math.
TheColinChapman 1 year ago 3
00:08 is he actually moving what is left of his leg? damn!!! i thought he fainted immediately. was he conscious? and you can even see pieces of his leg at the end of the video jeez...
but he's a tough one, he went back to life the way no one would imagine. hero.
quandore 1 year ago
In The Picture 0:27..The flying red things..Are part of Zanardi´s legs??
If so.....Im just scarred.
xXPaRaDoXiCXx 1 year ago
@xXPaRaDoXiCXx i believe so
doiwantsomerandom 1 year ago
@xXPaRaDoXiCXx Yes :(
IvAnOeBeA 1 year ago
@xXPaRaDoXiCXx yes it is, as confirmed by a lot of photographer and race reviewer.... so horror...
inazuma234 1 year ago
@xXPaRaDoXiCXx
There's nothing else in a champ car "Squishy" enough to look like that during a crash. You're probably looking at the remants of the fat and musculature of his legs.
MrGospelMan 1 year ago
the workers had probably seconds to save his life
SaintBEEP 1 year ago
Is that pieces of leg at 0:27?!
SlowNerveAction7 1 year ago
@SlowNerveAction7 Unfortunately it is.
Stangelycoloured 1 year ago
@SlowNerveAction7 yes...
maidiremirko 1 year ago
@SlowNerveAction7 Yes it sadly are...
FreeRonnieRadke 1 year ago
he's one of the coolest race drivers... thank God he didn't die at this crash and we can still see him racing...
zOiNhUh 1 year ago
Zanardi is a great guy with a great attitude towards life. I've never seen this angle before and I'm glad it wasn't zoomed in any farther, there's already some things showing that is very "real"
revdesigns 1 year ago
he is a hero
09173286832 1 year ago
Zanardi = HERO in WTCC
RedSunCZE 1 year ago
they had about 15 seconds to save him, unbelievable they could do it!
SaintBEEP 1 year ago
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zanardi: Where is my leg
Marshal: idk its over their u probly cant see it
Zanardi : oh shit thats gonna hurt
keytek9 1 year ago
@keytek9:Did he really said that?It wouldn,t surprise me with such boost of adrenaline.
PinoThePizzaman77 1 year ago
@keytek9
Fuck you don't make a joke out of this.
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@NazarethNostalgia fuck u i make jokes to who ever i want
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keytek9 1 year ago
cazzo alla fine si vedono brandelli di gambe cazzo!!!
GianniDj88 1 year ago
the rest of his legs....horrible.....=(
janhendrik96 1 year ago
Hardest crash I've seen since Geoff Bodine at Daytona a year ago
ROBLOXdude95 1 year ago
I'm so sorry for Zanardi cos he's crashed and we know the consequences. But i'm so glad that he still lived for that matter! Even been racing after that hideous crash too! Respect!
Stn3dRaid3r 2 years ago
well that was a big one check the speed difference his car just accelerate like hell.. i am not sure in F1 car in this situation have better chances , but agree F1 cars are safer!
kijhed 2 years ago
Unlike F1, CART cars are not safe! There's no way an F1 car would break up like that.
glogmulch34 2 years ago 2
the f1 is desinged to brake up but not in high speed..
GIANNHSPEIRAIAS 2 years ago
@glogmulch34 Nonsence. It's just impossible to constuct a car stable enough for such a situation. They were driving at about 350 km/h; there you cut though everything like it's butter.
kflfv3 1 year ago
Absolute racing hero.
A tough and resolved racer to the core.
richardwhat 2 years ago 4
Thank God for that medical team and Zanardi great ATTITUDE!
MarioAndrettiFan 2 years ago 26
he has lost his left and right leg
BigCluster95 2 years ago
He lost one just above the knee and the other, just below. No reason to get a negative star because of your correct reply.
rotterdam1953 2 years ago
0:26 omg!! you can see flesh.. i think o.o im glad he's okay though :)
L0D48 2 years ago 3
The CART series could not outlive without such a personality as Zanardi in the long run, and in 2008 CART was finito.
kzbxvz 2 years ago 4
He almost died cause blood loss...
aure232 2 years ago
This was really horror. I remember seeing this crash live on german tv. Just a minute after the crash the tv-station (ARD) stopped the whole coverage because of the horror that went trough the world (11th September, USA). Very late in the evening I heard the first news that Zanardi is alive. It was so poor from the ARD to stop it. God bless Zanardi, a good guy and brave in his destiny.
Trondyard 2 years ago
No I was referring to the meaning of his name, not his intentions as a driver. You said that the meaning of his name was ironic, I was making a comment on that.
jimmorag 2 years ago
The name of the drive that hit Alex Zanardi was Alex Tagliani. Tagliani in italian means "cutting"! Puts an new meaning in ironic!
brav0wing 2 years ago
It puts a new meaning to the term ironic because that's not what ironic means. If Tagliani meant 'to never crash' or 'near miss' then that would be a display of irony and, therefore, ironic.
jimmorag 2 years ago
You think that Tagliani meant to hit Zanardi?
brav0wing 2 years ago
i dont think anyone could be that heartless
devilsfan964 2 years ago
I didn't mean to be heartless, what i said is what Zanardi joked about on David Letterman show! He said that his son asked him if Alex Tagliani meant to cut his legs because his name was Tagliani, he of course told his son the truth! You should see that interview, i mean, Alex Zanardi is one of my heroes, he was able to make jokes about not having his legs and be so optimistic about life. People might learn a thing or two from Zanardi's example!
You should check that interview, is fantastic!
brav0wing 2 years ago 10
At some point in the interview Zanardi said that the germans pumped so much german blood in him that he should have a german passport! I laughed my ass out when i saw it! The optimism in the man is just staggering!
You gotta love Zanardi!
brav0wing 2 years ago 149
yeah man NOTHING!!! can bring zanardi down lol thats what i love about him he's definetley one of the best
devilsfan964 2 years ago 4
YEAP...
ZANARDI, ONE OF THE BEST!
brav0wing 2 years ago
@brav0wing hahahahha did he really say that? when i saw his accident in one of the documentaries on natgeo, i could tell he's such a positive and optimistic man. respect for him!
gblance88 1 year ago
@brav0wing Well said!
MarioAndrettiFan 1 year ago
@brav0wing he also joked about tagliani's name in italian meaning cutting
mailmeonline 8 months ago
@brav0wing He truely is amazing the way he has not let this horrifc accident stop him from achieving anything he has set out to do the fact he has gone on to win races in the world touring car and is preparing to try and win a medal at the London 2012 paraolympics many people would have sat and mourned to loss of their legs I have the most amount of respect for him in awe of him really
retsam001 5 months ago
An electronics store by my house actually has one of his old indy cars new tires and everythin they even let me sit in it! I was so honored to sit in car that this man sat in.
devilsfan964 2 years ago
as is saw it in tv i thought they only will find peaces of him but good thankx is is still alvie
BrotherHarley79 2 years ago
0:08 something is moving,maybe can be his leg
alonso932 2 years ago
0:27 if you look you can see some of his legs that has been split off in the top left hand side... horrible site.
mosportkarting6 2 years ago
it's pieces of flesh and bone
Ritch15 2 years ago
His legs weren't split off but damaged beyond repair.
aure232 2 years ago
i remember seeing this live.. wat a fookin shame. and it shows the courage of this man to come back and still be competative.. an amazing man
nampow 2 years ago 5
fuck man that's sad.
shaygahweh 2 years ago
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But what really has given me shivers on my spine was at 0:08 when he flits his exposed fleshless left femur. That's far beyond the concept of excruciating pain
reboucasi 2 years ago
It was one of the most horrific things I have ever seen on automobilism. Zanardi is a true hero and an outstanding human being!
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he took an idiot risk
officialvillains 2 years ago
omg looks like chunks of flesh above tire on the left side of the screen in 0:26
checkfoldcallraise 2 years ago
thats parts of Zanadi's legs, so yes its flesh.
He lost both legs below the thigh in this crash.
vectorm1299 2 years ago
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reboucasi 2 years ago
@checkfoldcallraise
it is
222delta1 1 year ago
Would anyone be able too tell me how he can still drive WTCC?
fordrule888 2 years ago
He has a prosthetic leg that he can use to break and has hand controls for acceleration i think
zudthespud 2 years ago 7
yes, thats right.
kove42 2 years ago
Yes, fordrule888, i can tell u. I saw him at a WTCC race at Hockenheim. I was standing near to the park fermé, so i got a look of his car. The Steeringweel of the BMW 320 was modified especially for him: With most of the driving functions in a video game style handset on the steering wheel, Zanardi's BMW will have its accelerator and clutch attached to the steering wheel. The additional hand controls make it possible for Zanardi to drive without legs. Fantastic Driver!
Bungee22 2 years ago
He lost his legs from above the knees and lost a massive amount of blood. But he survivied and continued racing with prostetic legs. He even drove a specially designed F1 car in testing.
BigAngeloSantorini 3 years ago
I think I've seen something quite horrible. What is the red stuff on top of the right front tyre. I'm hoping your reply is part of his car...
suineggninnips 3 years ago
sadly it is not... appears to be flesh. so horrible...
davifernandeslima01 2 years ago
omg.... at 0:26 look at the left hand side you see like part of his leg!!!!!
mosportkarting6 3 years ago
this was a very bad crash...Zanardi lost his legs...the other Car is crashed to him with 200 mph (ca. 320 km/h) firstly everyone thought he is dead but he had "only" lost his legs
Arygosftw 3 years ago
Very unlucky driver
nitroboost8765 3 years ago
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nitroboost8765 3 years ago
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danicasboi 3 years ago
So noone died as a result of this crash? If that is true it was a miracle.
SteveWard3928 3 years ago 4
one of the most sad moment of my life, i thought my idol was died, but fortunatly a miracle bring him back to life!!!
ALEX ZANARDI FOREVER
emilzapp 3 years ago 8
on bbc four eh
tasha613560161 3 years ago
alex zanardi did crash
tasha613560161 3 years ago 2
Zanardi has hurt himself and he lost his legs he crashed at 2001 when he was taken to hospital
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I would never go to that hospital then. What kind of hospital is that where you go in with two healthy legs and when you come out you don't have them anymore!?!?!?
Kurac80 3 years ago
Err he kinda lost his legs from the crash?
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Dude, it was a joke.
Kurac80 3 years ago
Your comment is so stupid dude...
BeckMax 2 years ago
00:10 ouch...
remuaja84 4 years ago 2