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The last few days have brought rain over Germany and Austria, which, apparently, hasn’t exactly served supercars running the roads of the two countries well. At least two serious accidents involving supercars have taken place in these conditions and we are here to discuss the pair of unfortunate happenings.
Ironically, we are talking about (almost*) rival supercars here, as we are dealing with a Ferrari 458 and a McLaren 650S *Spider, with both happening to be dressed in White.
We’ll start with the Ferrari 458, which we’ve always found as a bit too tail-happy for its own good. The 458 was being taken for a test drive in Germany when the accident took place, as NW News writes. It seems like the driver overtook a vehicle that was giving way to incoming traffic before turning left.
The 458 spun in the wet, slid off the road and rolled multiple times before ending up on its roof. Nobody was injured in the crash, but the Ferrari dealership in Hanover that owned the car is probably not to happy about their totaled 458.
Whether’s it’s Ferrari’s E-Diff or McLaren’s computers guarding its open rear diff, in the end the human brain behind the wheel is the one who has to keep everything in check.
We’ll start with the Ferrari 458, which we’ve always found as a bit too tail-happy for its own good. The 458 was being taken for a test drive in Germany when the accident took place, as NW News writes. It seems like the driver overtook a vehicle that was giving way to incoming traffic before turning left.
The 458 spun in the wet, slid off the road and rolled multiple times before ending up on its roof. Nobody was injured in the crash, but the Ferrari dealership in Hanover that owned the car is probably not to happy about their totaled 458.
The McLaren 650S Spider crash had even more serious consequences
As for the second crash we want to discuss, this happened in Austria. The driver lost control on a wet highway, with his 650S Spider hitting the guard rail more than once - as you can see in the adjacent images, which come from einsatzdoku.at, the front end of the Mac is entirely ruined. Moreover, the “alignment” of the wheels shows the car has also had a lateral encounter with the protection element. Alas, one person has been taken to the hospital following the crash, but the details are scarce.Whether’s it’s Ferrari’s E-Diff or McLaren’s computers guarding its open rear diff, in the end the human brain behind the wheel is the one who has to keep everything in check.
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