It is with great pleasure that we can announce Alex Zanardi will make his motorsport comeback in 2014. He will contest in six of this year's seven Blancpain GT Sprint Series races in a specially prepared BMW Z4 GT3 run by the ROAL Motorsport team.
Zanardi will race in the 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series
Zanardi hasn't raced in a competitive motorsport season since 2009, his only track experience an M3 DTM drive in 2012 as he focused on his Paralympic career. Zanardi himself said: "Even after leaving the sport in 2009, I was still a racing driver at heart. When I took to the track in the BMW M3 DTM at the end of 2012, I immediately got itchy fingers again... I am even more pleased that it has worked out with my old friends at ROAL Motorsport. I would like to say a big thank you to BMW for this unique opportunity."
Zanardi has a long relationship with BMW and ROAL, the latter run by Roberto Ravaglia, thanks to his time in World Touring Cars. Ravaglia added: "Alex and I have gone through so much together in motorsport. Therefore, I obviously did not hesitate when the opportunity arose to send him back into action for ROAL Motorsport in 2014"
The Blancpain Sprint Series features seven hour-long races, starting at Nogaro in April. PH wishes Alex Zanardi all the best in his latest motorsport adventure.