With great power comes great responsibility, something that, evidently, the owner of this new €360,000 Ferrari F8 Tributo came to learn the hard way after crashing the Italian supercar on a German motorway.
Local media reports that on March 13, the 43-year-old driver of the F8 Tributo picked up the keys to his brand new Italian exotic after patiently waiting in line for more than a year to receive it, but just six hours later, he crashed it traveling on the A5 motorway, completely destroying the front end.
Police state that the Ferrari was fitted with summer tires and being driven on wet roads at the time of the crash, “presumably [at] inappropriate speeds.” The car initially slammed into a concrete barrier on the side of the road, ripping off one of the rear wheels in the process. The Ferrari then slammed into a minibus before striking a guardrail and coming to a rest on the side of the A5.
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Fortunately, the driver was uninjured but his passenger was taken to hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries.
A single photo released by police of the crashed F8 Tributo shows that the front end took the brunt of the multiple impacts, so much so that the car is barely recognizable. The entire front fascia has been ripped off, the wheels and suspension components have been mangled, and the hood and front quarter panels have been twisted. The car is a complete write-off.
Thanks to its 3.9-liter twin-turbocharged V8, the F8 Tributo churns out 710 hp and, clearly, controlling that power on wet roads with a lead foot isn’t easy.
Image credits Polizei Hessen