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Both crashed a few hours after picking it up and 458 have lots of nannies already.



This video is a prime example of why owners of high-powered cars should definitely enroll in a driving course that explains to them the dynamics of more than 500 horsepower being sent to only the rear wheels, and preferably gets them out on the skidpan too.

It shows the owner of a Ferrari 458 Italia driving on a highway and then attempting to overtake a car, the occupants of which are clearly major fans of the Prancing Horse (they even installed Ferrari seatbelts in their sedan) and have their camera phones out to capture the event.

Just as the 458 driver drops the hammer, the car lunges forward but then its tail starts to go sideways. The driver loses total control at this point and the beautiful car slams straight into a concrete highway barrier.

With the sky gray and wipers on many cars turned on, it appears that a wet surface may have been the culprit here.

According to a post in Italy’s La Repubblica, first picked up by Jalopnik, the 458 Italia was only registered the morning of the crash and the car and its mysterious driver had disappeared by the time the police arrived.

The crash is alleged to have occurred in Bari, Italy, so perhaps the driver may have been worried about the country’s tax police.

This is the second known crash of a Ferrari 458 Italia that has taken place this month. Just a week ago Dutch DJ Nick van de Wall, better known as Afojack, crashed a similar red example that he had only taken delivery of a few hours prior to crashing. He posted a photo of the wreck to his Twitter account, along with a comment about the equally poor weather.

AfroJack:

996FLT6

Nothing surprising when u see a fcar driver drive FLATOUT. Mike

Izzone

The nannies just give out at a higher rate of speed

Make slow drivers into heros, but eventually physics will overtake computerized logic

paver

Looks like AfroJack and his entourage aren't too upset about the situation.

sunnyr

700HP gets you there even faster...

Veloce Raptor

+1

Targa Tim

Cold high performance tires, big horsepower, wet road, sudden steering change. No nannies can save you.

aussie jimmy

MAMA MIA!!!!

Carrera GT

Surely the nannies would have had no trouble keeping that car in order. I wonder what he was thinking. I can only imagine "RACE" mode and a show-off overtake as the "camera" car passed in front to see the action.

Carrera GT

That's an F12? What could possibly have flattened it like that? Surely the A pillar on a modern F car is basically unbreakable. Sometimes things look worse after the rescue crew cut off the roof and peel it back. Still, that's horrible.

PiB993

Maybe the trick diff malfunctioned on such a brand new car?

What I really want to say is - when I looked into NASA DE 'classes' or laps at Sonoma - it became obvious to me that it was going to be a total pita to get track time. That really bugs me (perhaps I'm wrong) but in England the red tape seems sooo much less. At the time (a few years ago) I had an E36 M3 and was told it was too powerful (or at least frowned upon) for DE level one. I was kind of wtf I guess I'll get a rental car?

I suppose the solution is to do a sponsored event with Audi and use their cars but that's not as good value for money. The idea is to get to know *your* car.

Looks like Afro may have been in damp conditions too possibly.

Carrera GT

Darwin came "this" close to helping cleanse the gene pool.

ps. Reminds me of the first 911 turbo days. This is circa 1975 in Australia, a private company, Hamiltons, was bringing in cars, just a couple of dozen 911's per year since the 550 days. It's easy to laugh about it now, but at the time, there was quite the furore over safety concerns and high powered luxury indulgence sports cars becoming a menace to society.

They lost their first couple of turbos as each new owner promptly took their maiden voyage, confidently entering an unremarkable 2nd gear turn, only to leap backwards into the scenery at 35 mph. And so, the first sentence was written in a saga that, even with the forthcoming 991 Turbo, hopefully is not yet ended.

MishaDesigns

Ouch! So sad to see novice drivers demolish such beautiful cars.

tcsracing1

off the showroom floor Zero mile cars have fresh tires that tend to be a little greasy...

Veloce Raptor

Perhaps it ran under the back of a semi ?