He successfully completed the 25th running of the New York marathon on Sunday afternoon, in a time of 4:02.21 a little under 2 hours behind the race winner Moroccan Abdelkhader El Mouaziz, who finished in a time of 2:10:08.

The Jordan driver's time of just over four hours was a respectable effort considering the amount of preparation the 26 year-old Italian has been able to undertake during the Formula One season. He was just outside his target time of four hours, however.
His position of 10,230th compares favourably amongst the more than thirty thousand entrants who pounded the streets on a bright a sunny day in New York, the last of whom crossed the finish line some 8 hours behind the eventual race winner.

His placing among his age group, though, was considerably higher at 1,070th , while he ended in 8,775th place out of all the men competing in the race.

"I've always wanted to participate in something like this," he said. "I have always been keen to participate in the London marathon but it clashes with the F1 season so it is hard for me to do that. It is something I have been thinking about for a while and it is free to run so I thought why not give it a go. I enjoy all kinds of sport in general and I am devoted to my fitness so this is one way of keeping me in top shape."