Gary Anderson’s memories of Alex Zanardi

Motorsport hero Alex Zanardi has died “suddenly” but “peacefully”, just under six years after being seriously injured in a handcycling accident.The Race’s Gary Anderson worked with Zanardi right at the start of his Formula 1 career with Jordan in 1991. They crossed paths again when Gary was working with Reynard in Champ Car 10 years later – when Zanardi was back in the series he had conquered in such epic fashion across 1996-98 after his ill-fated 1999 F1 return with Williams, but would suffer the catastrophic accident in which he lost both his legs.Here are Gary’s memories of the explosive talent Zanardi was when trying to prove himself to the F1 world with Jordan right at the start.I knew Alex pretty well from way back then. He was a lovely guy. When he drove for us in 1991, that was the start …