Alex Zanardi will return to the Lausitzring circuit in Germany in September to wave the green flag to start the CART race according to EuroSpeedway manager Hans-Joerg Fischer.
Zanardi lost both his legs — and almost his life — last September in a horrific crash at the circuit during the closing laps of the inaugural CART race in Germany. CART medical personnel at the scene managed to stabilize him after he had lost nearly 70% of the blood in his body but the damage to his legs was beyond repair and they were both later amputated above the knee.
Last month the Italian driver completed a rehabilitation course to learn to walk on artificial limbs and there is even talk that he could be planning a return to racing at some point in the future.