Alex Zanarꩲdi has left hospital for the first time since he was involved in a serious accident while training on his handbike and transferred to a ‘specialised 🍬recovery and functionality rehabilitation centre’.

The ex-Lotus and Williams F1 driver was training in his native Italy when he was involved in a collision with a truck near Siena on June 19, suffering a serious head injury that necessitated he be kept in an induced coma for a peri𒐪od of time.

However, his condition has improved to the extent that doctors at the Santa Maria alle Scotte hospital have decreased his🍨 sedation, adding ‘the normality of the cardio-respiratory and metabolic parameters, the stability of the general clinical conditions and the neurological picture’ allowed him to be transferr🔯ed to a rehabilitation facility.

“Our professionals remain at the disposal of this ext♎raordinary person and his family for the further stages of clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic development, as always happens in these cases,” said hospital general manager Valtere Giovannini

"I sincerely thank t🌞he multidisciplinary team that to🍨ok care of Zanardi putting in place a great professionalism, recognised nationally and beyond.

"The athlete spent over a month in our hospital: he underwent three delicate surgeries and showed a path of stability of his clinical conditions and vit༒al parameters that allowed the reduction and suspension of sedat💟ion, and the consequent possibility to be transferred to a facility for the necessary neuro-rehabilitation."

No information has been rel🧜eased regarding his overall condition or the timeframe expected f👍or his recovery.

As well as his achievements in F1, Zanardi won two CART series championships prior to a serious accident that resulted in his legs being amputated. Despite this, Zanardi not only returned to motorsport with success in sportscars and touring cars, he re-established himself as a world-class athlete, winning four paracycling Olympic gold medals.&♑nbsp;