The Cavalcade is like the Gumball 3000, only with millionaires that Ferrari picked. This year, a hundred supercars and hypercars were gathered from all over the world with the clear goal to show off and burn fuel.
However, it didn't end well for a couple of people. The event that started yesterday appears to have claimed one brand new F12tdf. The yellow super-version of the F12berlinetta looks like it's taken part in the color run or snorted too much blue cocaine. However, as some of you may be able to tell just by looking at the photo, fire... sort of happened.
Reports are vague, but it appears the F12tdf suddenly caught flame while at the gas station in the city of Longarone.
Firefighters were called to the scene, but they arrived too late to save the day. A fire extinguisher had already been used to put out the flames.
This could have been a lot worse. Every Ferrari fan remembers the fires that plagued the last generation of supercars, which eventually led to a few major recalls. Hot exhaust, high-pressure fuel systems and road rockets like this make for a flammable combination.
Which is not to say that there's anything wrong with the F12tdf. Considering the fire happened at a gas station, we could be looking at a flame caused by static or gasoline dripping onto some sort of hot component. Many recall-related fires originated at the exhaust or under the hood, which is clearly not the case here.
But wait, there's more. A red LaFerrari from Hong Kong lost control and went off the road in the locality of Cademai in Cortina. We don't need to remind you that there are only 499 of these in the world or that it costs about €3 million if you can find somebody to sell one.
In any case, the red supercar manged to hit a Lancia Ypsilon and take down an "El Zoco" restaurant sign. Somehow, we wouldn't be too upset if any of those two things belonged to us. Having a LaFerrari crash into your crappy little car is a great honor.
Reports are vague, but it appears the F12tdf suddenly caught flame while at the gas station in the city of Longarone.
Firefighters were called to the scene, but they arrived too late to save the day. A fire extinguisher had already been used to put out the flames.
This could have been a lot worse. Every Ferrari fan remembers the fires that plagued the last generation of supercars, which eventually led to a few major recalls. Hot exhaust, high-pressure fuel systems and road rockets like this make for a flammable combination.
Which is not to say that there's anything wrong with the F12tdf. Considering the fire happened at a gas station, we could be looking at a flame caused by static or gasoline dripping onto some sort of hot component. Many recall-related fires originated at the exhaust or under the hood, which is clearly not the case here.
But wait, there's more. A red LaFerrari from Hong Kong lost control and went off the road in the locality of Cademai in Cortina. We don't need to remind you that there are only 499 of these in the world or that it costs about €3 million if you can find somebody to sell one.
In any case, the red supercar manged to hit a Lancia Ypsilon and take down an "El Zoco" restaurant sign. Somehow, we wouldn't be too upset if any of those two things belonged to us. Having a LaFerrari crash into your crappy little car is a great honor.