Guest driver in the Misano DTM race in his specially prepared bimmer with hand controls. Even in the RAIN he finished 5th! 51 year old against those youngsters! He continues to amaze!!!
Would have been nice if "Jeemy" had been there to watch it.
Zanardi and the DTM
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SKL
, Aug 27 2018 05:18
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Posted 27 August 2018 - 05:23
Great as it was, the result was heavily influenced by him being one of four drivers staying out on wets on a drying track until it unexpectedly started to rain again, meaning they only had to do one pit stop instead of two. Still, great result from a great guy. Loved his pre-race interview too. Said he felt like a kid in a candy store and he certainly looked the part, grinning from ear to ear.
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Posted 27 August 2018 - 07:08
Great result and he is just awesome. It was nice seeing him with Billy Monger as well. But he isn’t the fastest guy around anymore. His qualifying time for race two was two seconds slower that the next slowest driver.
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Posted 27 August 2018 - 07:13
Great result. Yes, a lot of fortune required but a good news story all the same.
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Posted 27 August 2018 - 07:16
When was the last time we even had a 51-year-old driver in the DTM? Especially one that hadn't driven there before...
I'm not saying he would have the potential to be a top driver or anything, but for what is was his performance was fine, and I'm sure he would improve a bit (but most likely not enough for it to be worth it) with time if he did more races.
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Posted 27 August 2018 - 07:48
51 is not really that old for driving cars, especially if you have maintained such a level of fitness throughout your life.
One day, this guy is gonna find a way to keep winning stuff in his coffin, he's just unstoppable!
One day, this guy is gonna find a way to keep winning stuff in his coffin, he's just unstoppable!
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Posted 27 August 2018 - 08:08
He lost heaps of time after the SC period though. Perhaps he is old skool and not to using the runoffs like DTM did. It was atrocious to see the new lines around Misano. Just graveltrap the damned runoff zones. This was a mockery.
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Posted 27 August 2018 - 08:17
Zanardi was also fast in the dry session of FP3, it's not like he was gifted a top 5 finish!
I think that's impressive, he improved 4 seconds on dry conditions between FP1 (saturday) & FP3 (sunday)
https://www.dtm.com/...tab2018-08-26-4
He had troubles on the wet pace-wise, that's true, but he basically had no testing on it.
He's a legend.
Edited by thegamer23, 27 August 2018 - 08:26.
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Posted 27 August 2018 - 08:24
Great as it was, the result was heavily influenced ...
That's racing.
Everyone else was in the same boat.
I don't see anyone talking about putting an asterisk next to Eriksson's win... Do you?
The dude has no legs and is 51 years old. P5.
This is a the picture of a F#@King Champion:
Evidently he doesn't need legs as he just rolls around on the big brass set he has.
Edited by Wes350, 27 August 2018 - 08:25.
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Posted 27 August 2018 - 09:37
Let's not forget, this was basically a test outing for Alex, he's supposed to be doing the Daytona 24 next year in one of the GTLM-spec M8s.
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Posted 27 August 2018 - 09:49
To me, Alex Zanardi is an even bigger inspiration than Lewis Hamilton. What an individual. 
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Posted 27 August 2018 - 09:57
To me, Alex Zanardi is an even bigger inspiration than Lewis Hamilton. What an individual.
Is Lewis an inspiration? Alex certainly is.
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Posted 27 August 2018 - 09:59
Is Lewis an inspiration?
To me he is.
Edited by GoldenColt, 27 August 2018 - 09:59.
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Posted 27 August 2018 - 10:55
When was the last time we even had a 51-year-old driver in the DTM? Especially one that hadn't driven there before...
With 40% of his body missing!!!!
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Posted 27 August 2018 - 10:57
Is Lewis an inspiration? Alex certainly is.
Lewis' father is an inspiration. But Lewis.... Hmmm...
Edited by BiggestBuddyLazierFan, 27 August 2018 - 10:57.
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Posted 27 August 2018 - 13:08
If you're interested in seeing Alex in action and how his hand controls work:
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Posted 27 August 2018 - 15:32
If I could have a beer with anyone from the history of motor racing, I think Zanardi would be my guy. He's such an inspiring person. Thought I was going crazy when I read a headline that he finished 5th in a DTM race. I'm sure he would adapt if given enough time testing the car, let's not forget that he was an occasional winner while driving WTCC BMWs not all that long ago.
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Posted 27 August 2018 - 15:36
What a great achievement. Zanardi is a special guy and really happy for him. He should be a role model to all for sheer determination and courage he has shown since his terrible accident in 2001.
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Posted 27 August 2018 - 15:46
Wonderful achievement regardless, although I believe in both races he was "last" of the respective "group" he was in (final finisher in the 1st race, and last of the 5 cars who got lucky with strategy during the rain). Not to diminish his comeback, though - and I would love to see him full time in ANY racing series. Well done, and what a guy. 
