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A golden birthday for a Paralympian

f1-photo.com/The Cahier Archive Former Formula One and CART driver Alex Zanardi - pictured here racing for Williams in the 1999 Belgian Grand Prix - turns 50 today. Zanardi was born in Bologna, Italy on October 23, 1966 and began racing karts aged 13. He built his own kart from the wheels of a dustbin and pipes from his father Dino's workplace. He joined the Italian Formula 3 series in 1988 and Formula 3000 in 1991, the same year he got first taste of Formula One in a Footwork in a test session at Paul Ricard. He went on to make three Grand Prix starts for Jordan the same year and three for Minardi in 1992 before getting a full season deal with Lotus for 1994. Unfortunately his year was...
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