Vanzini: “I have pancreatic cancer, my sister died of the same disease”

The discovery of the disease, the treatments, the hope of the operation in January, the strength of the family. Carlo Vanzini, 54 years old, voice of Sky’s Formula 1 and manager of the Sky team for the Grand Prix, said in an interview with Corriere della Sera of having pancreatic cancer: “I discovered it by chance, I’m a lucky patient: I thought about skipping the check-up this year, but then I went with my colleague Davide Camicioli and from the ultrasound they found a lesion. I immediately called my wife and we booked a CT scan and visit.” An illness that unfortunately Vanzini has already had to learn about: “My sister died of the same illness. The surgeon made me a little drawing on a piece of paper and talked to me about the operation, after the chemo. Knowing that I could have the operation made me see some light.” No beard, the signs of chemotherapy are visible: “Days ago I became trendy on

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Vanzini also spoke about the relationship with his body, he who was an athlete of the Fiamme Oro and is also a federal ski instructor: “I have learned to listen to myself, to feel tired, my fingers and toes are different after chemo, my legs are Giacomo Giacomo. But I continue to play five-a-side football once a week with my old friends. A young Formula 1 driver and the doctor who is treating me told me that it is a question of the head and I I’m giving it my all.” In his story there is the strength of his wife Cristina (“the backbone of the family, a very strong woman”), the love of his three children (“Anita is a spectacle, just looking at her gives me strength”), and of his colleagues (“They were all fantastic”) and moments of fear (“I had it when the oncologist told me about radiotherapy and I feared that the operation would fail”). And above all hope: “I am optimistic as Vecchioni sings: I would plant an olive tree still convinced of seeing it flourish”.