Alex Zanardi in forced coma after accident

[Jimmy Higgins]

For people familiar with 90's/00's open wheel race car driving, you know of Alex Zanardi. He was incredibly skilled and completely insane race car driver. Until about 2001, where a crash in a 500 led to him being a double leg amputee.

Of course, he'd return to racing on and off, and did pretty well.

But it is 2020! So I was a bit confused when I saw that racer Alex Zanardi was in another accident. The guy was wheel chair racing.

The 53-year-old, a former Formula 1 driver turned four-time Paralympic gold medallist, collided with a lorry during a race in Pienza, Italy, on Friday.

A statement from the Sienna hospital where the Italian is being treated said he remained in a stable condition.

It said his "neurological condition remains unchanged in its severity".

Zanardi is in intensive care, sedated, intubated and on a ventilator.

The hospital statement said any reductions in his sedation "to assess his neurological condition", will be considered starting next week.

This guy just doesn't know how to stop. Hopefully he can recover from this.

Even if you haven't heard of this guy, you probably should make with a Wiki. He has no quit.