<p class="bodytext">Former Formula One driver and twice Champ Car champion Alex Zanardi remained in serious but stable condition in intensive care on Sunday after suffering severe head injuries in a road accident while racing his handbike in Italy on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 53-year-old Italian, who lost both legs and nearly his life in a 2001 Champ Car crash in Germany, was still under sedation, intubated and breathing with the help of a ventilator, according to a hospital statement.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Santa Maria alle Le Scotte hospital in Siena said that Zanardi spent the night in "cardio-respiratory and metabolic stability" although the neurological situation remained serious.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The current conditions of general stability still do not allow us to exclude the possibility of adverse events," the statement added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Zanardi is an inspirational figure in the worlds of motorsport and paralympic endeavour, a hugely popular and positive competitor who returned from life-changing injuries with a smile.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He had both legs amputated above the knee, with his heart stopping seven times as he lost all but a litre of the blood in his body, after the horrific crash at the Lausitzring in Germany on Sept. 15, 2001.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Former Formula One driver and twice Champ Car champion Alex Zanardi remained in serious but stable condition in intensive care on Sunday after suffering severe head injuries in a road accident while racing his handbike in Italy on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 53-year-old Italian, who lost both legs and nearly his life in a 2001 Champ Car crash in Germany, was still under sedation, intubated and breathing with the help of a ventilator, according to a hospital statement.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Santa Maria alle Le Scotte hospital in Siena said that Zanardi spent the night in "cardio-respiratory and metabolic stability" although the neurological situation remained serious.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The current conditions of general stability still do not allow us to exclude the possibility of adverse events," the statement added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Zanardi is an inspirational figure in the worlds of motorsport and paralympic endeavour, a hugely popular and positive competitor who returned from life-changing injuries with a smile.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He had both legs amputated above the knee, with his heart stopping seven times as he lost all but a litre of the blood in his body, after the horrific crash at the Lausitzring in Germany on Sept. 15, 2001.</p>