Alex Zanardi

Alex Zanardi won his first race Sunday since losing both legs in an accident in Germany in 2001. Zanardi won the seventh race of the world touring cars championships in his BMW 320i. The former Formula One driver and two-time CART champion lost his legs in a collision during a CART race on Sept. 15, 2001. He walks and drives with the help of two prostheses.

Former Formula One and CART driver Alex Zanardi will drive full time with the BMW Italian team in the 2004 European touring car championship. Zanardi, who lost both legs in a horrific crash during a CART series race in Germany two years ago, returned to racing in Monza, Italy, last October with encouraging results for the BMW team. Italian team manager Roberto Ravaglia announced Zanardi's full-time return Thursday.