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Alex Zanardi adjusts his gloves as he sits in the cockpit of his racing car at the pits of the Monza racetrack, Italy, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003. Alex Zanardi's first competitive outing in two years lasted 11 seconds in Race one and produced a brilliant seventh place in Race two of the FIA European Touring Car Championship at the Monza circuit Sunday, Oct. 19, 2003. The 36-year-old Italian, a two-time Formula CART champion who lost both legs in a horrific crash in Germany in 2001, drove a specially modified BMW car. (AP Photo/Giuseppe Aresu)