Wazalwa ngo-Okthoba 23, 1966 e-Bologna, e-Italy. Alex Zanardi kusukela esemncane wayephila impilo egcwele usizi kodwa nokunqoba ubunzima. Lapho eneminyaka engu-13, esemncane, wabona udadewabo, umbhukudi owayethembisa ukushona engozini yemoto, ehamba. Ngokwemvelo, abazali bakhe bahlale bezama ukumgcina ematasa futhi ngenxa yomngane owakha i-kart ngaleso sikhathi, u-Alex wathola uthando ezimotweni angazange azivumele.
Egqugquzelwa yilolu thando, ngo-1979 wazakhela eyakhe ikariti, esebenzisa umgqomo wothuli nezingcezu zomsebenzi ezivela kuyise owayesebenza ngamapayipi. Uthando lwezimoto lwakhula kwathi ngonyaka olandelayo waqala ukungenela imijaho yakuleli. Ngo-1982, wenza i-debut yakhe ku-100 cm3 yase-Italy Kart Championship, ethatha indawo yesi-3. Kwaqalwa umsebenzi othembisayo.
Umpetha eKarts
Eminyakeni eyalandela, uZanardi wangenela imiqhudelwano ehlukahlukene kazwelonke neyamazwe ngamazwe kwaze kwaba yilapho, lapho eneminyaka engu-19, wawina okokuqala isicoco esifiselekayo sase-Italy, ephinda lo mdlalo ngonyaka olandelayo. Ngo-1985 nango-1988 wawina i-Hong Kong Grand Prix, esephinde wanqoba i-European Karting Championship ngo-1987. ukuwina yonke imijaho, okuwumsebenzi ongakahlulwa nanamuhla.Emdlalweni wokugcina we-European Championship ka-100 cm3 ka-1987, uZanardi wazithola ehileleke kwesinye isahluko esinezinkinga zomsebenzi wakhe. Esigabeni sesithathu somjaho wokugcina, obubanjelwe eGothenburg, u-Alex Zanardi noMassimiliano Orsini wase-Italy baphikise ukunqoba. Ngesenzo sokuphelelwa ithemba, u-Orsini wazama ngazo zonke izindlela ukudlula uZanardi, wagcina ngokushayisana naye. U-Zanardi uzame ukuqala kabusha ikarati ukuze aqedele umjaho futhi kungaleso sikhathi lapho ubaba ka-Orsini engena emzileni waqala ukuhlasela uZanardi. Ukuziphatha kwendaba? Akekho oqede umjaho futhi isicoco sinikezwe oyedwa… Michael Schumacher.
Ku-1988, u-Alex waqala ukugqama lapho ethuthela ku-Italian Formula 3, ephikisana nesihloko sesigaba ku-1990. Ngonyaka olandelayo, wathuthela ku-Formula 3000, esayinwe yiqembu le-rookie. Ukwenza kwakhe kwakumangaza, ewina imijaho emithathu (omunye wayo okwakuwumjaho wakhe wokuqala) nokuthola indawo yesi-2 ekupheleni kwesizini.
I-Formula 1 yokuqala
Ngo-1991, uZanardi wangenela imijaho emithathu yeFomula 1 noJordani, kodwa ngonyaka olandelayo kwadingeka azimisele ngokukhipha uMinardi uChristian Fittipaldi. Ngo-1993, ngemva kokuhlolwa noBenetton, wagcina esayine i-Lotus futhi waba nendima ebalulekile ekumiseni uhlelo olusebenzayo lokumiswa kwemoto. Kodwa ishwa labuya lizongqongqoza emnyango wakhe: UZanardi waphuka amathambo amaningana onyaweni lwakhe lwesobunxele engozini futhi ngesizini efanayo wabandakanyeka kwenye ingozi eyaphumela, “kuphela”, ekulimaleni kwekhanda. Waphela kanjalo-ke umqhudelwano kusenesikhathi ku-Alex.
Le ngozi idale ukuthi uZanardi aphuthelwe ukuqala kwesizini ka-1994, wabuyela ku-GP waseSpain kuphela ukuze athathe isikhundla somuntu owayelimele. Pedro Lamy , umshayeli okwathi ngonyaka odlule wakwazi ukuthola indawo yakhe kuFormula 1. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho ahlangana khona nobuthakathaka bemoto yeLotus. U-Alex Zanardi uhlulekile ukuthola amaphuzu kuFormula 1 World Championship wagcina ephumile esigabeni.
Ngase-United States of America
Kamuva, ngemva kokuhlolwa okuthile e-USA, lo mNtaliyane wathola indawo eqenjini laseMelika iChip Ganassi Racing, esigabeni seChamp Car, ngaleso sikhathi esasisaziwa ngokuthi I-CART. Ngokushesha uZanardi waba omunye wabagibeli abadume kakhulu ekilasini lakhe. Ngonyaka wakhe we-rookie, wazuza amawini amathathu kanye nezikhundla zamapali ezinhlanu , eqeda ubuqhawe endaweni yesithathu futhi ewina umklomelo we-Rookie of the Year. Kodwa impumelelo enkulu yeza eminyakeni emibili eyalandela, ngokuwina izicoco zika-1997 nezango-1998.Ukuphumelela e-United States kwenze lo mdlali wase-Italy wabuyela kuFomula 1, emukele isicelo sikaWilliams senkontileka yeminyaka emithathu. Naphezu kokulindela okukhulu, imiphumela ayizange ibe njengoba bekulindelekile, okugcine kuhlukanise uZanardi kuFormula 1.
Ngo-2001 wabuyela ku-CART, eqashwe ngesandla sikanjiniyela wangaphambili weqembu leChip Ganassi, uBriton Mo Nunn.
Inhlekelele kanye… amandla
Ngesikhathi kunomjaho obushubile obusesekethe ye-EuroSpeedway Lausitz eKlettwitz, eGermany, u-Alex Zanardi, oqale lo mjaho kusukela ekupheleni kwegridi, ukwazile ukuhola phambili, sekusele imizuliswano embalwa, wagcina. ukulahlekelwa ukulawula igridi, imoto, ukuwela ethrekhi. Yize umshayeli uPatrick Carpentier ekwazile ukuvika le ngozi, umshayeli obengemuva, u-Alex Tagliani waseCanada, akakwazanga ukuvika wagcina eshayeke eceleni kwemoto kaZanardi, ngemuva kwesondo langaphambili.
Ingaphambili lemoto linyamalale. UmNtaliyane wabona imilenze yakhe inqunywa s futhi wayesondele kakhulu ekufeni, elahlekelwe yigazi elingu-3/4 engozini. Ngenxa yosizo olusheshayo olunikezwa ithimba lezokwelapha, wakwazi ukusinda.
Inqubo yokubuyisela yayinzima, kodwa amandla akhe amangalisayo okuzimisela amenza wanqoba zonke izithiyo, eqala ngaso leso sikhathi ngemilenze yakhe yokwenziwa. Enganelisekile ngokulinganiselwa kwezitho zokufakelwa ezazitholakala ngaleso sikhathi, uZanardi wanquma ukuklama nokwakha ezakhe izitho zokwenziwa - wayefuna ukubuyela ekushayeleni izindiza.
Ukubuya… kanye nokunqoba
Ngo-2002 wamenywa ukuthi azophephezelisa ifulegi eligqamile emjahweni owawuseToronto kwathi ngonyaka olandelayo, i-2003, wahlonishwa umhlaba we-motorsport, wabuyela emuva ngesondo lenqola yemoto , elungiselelwe umcimbi, endaweni efanayo neyengozi enyantisayo, ukuze kuqedelwe imizuliswano engu-13 eyayisele kuze kuphele umjaho. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uZanardi ube nezikhathi ezimnandi kangangokuthi ukube ufanelekele umjaho ngaleyo mpelasonto ubezongena endaweni yesihlanu - ngendlela encomekayo. Isigaba esinzima kakhulu sase siphelile.
Ngo-2004, u-Alex Zanardi wabuyela ekushayeleni ngokugcwele emqhudelwaneni i-ETCC Touring Championship, owawuzoba yi-WTCC. I-BMW, ithimba elimamukele, lajwayela imoto ukuze ihambisane nezidingo zakhe futhi umNtaliyane wazuza umsebenzi oncomekayo, waze wanambitha futhi ukunqoba, okwaholela ekutheni aklonyeliswe “Indondo Yezemidlalo Yomhlaba Ye-Laureus For Comeback of the Year” ngonyaka olandelayo.
UZanardi wabuyela kuFormula 1 ngoNovemba 2006 emjahweni wokuvivinya, kodwa nakuba ayazi ukuthi wayengeke athole inkontileka neqembu, okwakubaluleke kakhulu kuye kwakuwukuthola ithuba lokushayela futhi.
Umpetha wama-Olympic
Ekupheleni kuka-2009, umNtaliyane washiya umhlalaphansi ku-motorsport futhi waqala ukuzinikela ngokugcwele ku-Para-Olympic Cycling, umdlalo owawuqale ngo-2007. Ngonyaka wakhe we-rookie, futhi ngamaviki amane kuphela okuqeqeshwa, wakwazi ukuzuza. indawo yesine emjahweni weNew York marathon. Ngokushesha, inhloso bekuwukuhlanganisa Imidlalo yama-Paralympic ka-2012 eqenjini lase-Italy. UZanardi akagcinanga nje ngokuphumelela ukungena kuma-Olympics, ubuye wazuza indondo yegolide esigabeni se-H4.
Ngo-2014 uphinde wabamba iqhaza ku-Ironman World Championship, ephumelele endaweni ehloniphekile yama-272. Njengamanje, uZanardi uyaqhubeka nokubamba iqhaza emiqhudelwaneni eminingi yamazwe ngamazwe, ebambe iqhaza emncintiswaneni wokugcina weBerlin Marathon, ngo-September odlule (NDR: ngo-2015, ngesikhathi sokushicilelwa kwalesi sihloko).
U-Alex Zanardi, owesilisa owavuma engxoxweni ukuthi uncamela ukufa kunokuba aphuke imilenze, uyavuma ukuthi kungemuva kwengozi lapho ebona khona ukuthi wayenephutha. Namuhla uyindoda ejabulayo nesibonelo esikhuthazayo sokuqina nokuzimisela. Ingqwele ku-motorsport, ibhayisikili kanye nempilo. Halala Alex!
