Zanardi, who won two gold medals in hand bike racing at the 2012 London Paralympics (in the Individual H4 time trial and the Individual H4 road race at Brands Hatch were the event is held, followed by a silver medal in the Mixed H1-4 Team Relay), he will race a BMW Z4 GT3 for the same ROAL Motorsport squad with which he contested the European Touring Car Championship in 2004 and the world championship from 2005-09.
The two-time CART title winner will drive his V8-powered BMW Z4 GT3 alone in the one-hour races of the championship, formerly known as the FIA GT Series, after a rule change last year designed to encourage physically-challenged drivers. His BMW will be specially adapted with the hand-controls he finetuned during his return to racing in touring cars in the wake of the Champ Car accident in which he lost both legs at Lausitz in 2001.
In my opionon, this could be good for Zanardi racing in the Blancpain Sprint Series this season. Also, testing the BMW M3 DTM car test from December 2012 at the Nurburgring was the much influence his to return to motor-racing this season.
Zanardi's programme will encompass six of the seven weekends that make up the Sprint Series, which will leave him time to continue his preparations for a Paralympic return in Rio in 2016.
ROAL motorsport will field two Z4s in both the Sprint Series and the Blancpain Endurance Series as-well.
As for Alex Zanardi, good luck for new season in the Blancpain Sprint Series this season with the BMW Z4 GT3, lets hope a race win is in the books this season.
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