Alex Zanardi, former F1 driver and Paralympic champion, dies at 59

Alex Zanardi, the Italian former Formula One driver and Paralympic champion from Bologna, has died at the age of 59, his family announced on Saturday. Zanardi made his F1 debut in 1991 and won back-to-back CART championships in 1997 and 1998 before losing both legs in a high-speed crash during a CART race in Germany in September 2001. Despite the amputation, he went on to win four Paralympic gold medals in hand-cycling.