The problem with mid-engine, rear-wheel drive supercars is that, despite all the electronics designed to keep you and the vehicle in check, they can still be a handful in wet conditions, especially if you’re not careful with the throttle.
This incident is a perfect example of how quickly things can go wrong for somebody who chooses to push their luck while behind the wheel of an Italian exotic like the Ferrari 458 on the wet.
Mind your surroundings
Switching lanes isn’t necessarily a problem when it’s raining. However, if you’re in a RWD Ferrari, you need to account for how the car will respond to your throttle input given the slippery surface you’re traveling on. So what you do is wait until you’re not bothering anyone else and change lanes using mostly, if not only your momentum, without accelerating.
You can get on the throttle a little bit after the maneuver is done, but you need to be gentle with it. Or just know your car, that usually helps!
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So then what makes the 458 Italia such a handful in the wet? The fact that it weighs just 3,042 lbs (1,380 kg) and has 562 HP (570 PS) to go with 398 lb-ft (540 Nm) of torque, for starters. That’s good enough to get you from zero to 62 mph (100 km/h) in 3.4 seconds and on to a top speed of 202 mph (325 km/h) – when your tires are able to properly grip the road, that is.
In the end, we feel bad for both the driver and the car, as far as this incident is concerned.