Former Formula One driver Alex Zanardi has shown “signs of interaction” as the Paralympic champion remains in semi-intensive care after an horrific road accident, doctors said on Thursday.

In a statement, the San Raffaele hospital in Milan said the 53-year-old “responds with transient and initial signs of interaction with the environment” to visual and acoustic stimuli.

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