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Alex Zanardi in ‘very serious’ condition after undergoing head surgery

Alex Zanardi remains in a ‘very serious’ condition in hospital after undergoing a three-hour neurological operation for a head injury sustained in a cycling crash. The ex-F1 driver was involved in a collision with a truck while he was competing in the Obiectivo Tricolore competition riding his three-wheel handbike in the Tuscan town Pienza. After being airlifted to hospital in Santa Maria alle Scotte, surgeons performed a ‘delicate neurosurgery operation’ to relieve a ‘severe cranial trauma’. He has now been moved to the intensive care unit with the hospital confirming his condition remains ‘very serious’.     Reports from the scene show Zanardi’s handbike lying on its...
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