To make things worse, the car isn’t yours. In fact, you’re a Ferrari technician, and you’ve just seriously wrecked the highest-mileage F40 in the world. That’s exactly what happened on January 16th in the UK, and there’s a video of the horrifying accident that’s one of the worst unforced automotive errors ever.

The whole clip is seven seconds long, but even that oversells how long it takes events to unfold. It opens with the Ferrari headed straight down the highway, and before we even have time to get a feel for the scene, the F40 is already sideways. How? I’ve got three words for you: lift-off oversteer.

Norris reportedly bought the F40 in 2024, according to The Daily Mail, so he had little time to enjoy it before this crash. Hagerty currently values the model at $2.4 million in good condition, and prices can be even higher for pristine examples.

If you want to avoid putting your vintage supercar into a ditch, there are a couple of things to look out for.

Lando Norris' Ferrari F40 ended up with the rear bumper cracked following a crash right outside Monaco. The F1 driver was out of the country at the moment

The driver was transported to a local hospital following the incident.

Lando Norris has had a bumpy start to the Formula 1 year, after a Ferrari F40 owned by the McLaren star was smashed near Monaco.

This Ferrrari F40 was reportedly crashed by a service technician during a test drive. Nobody was injured in the accident

The Ferrari F40, regarded by many as the pinnacle of the brand and the last model approved by Enzo Ferrari, is a rare and valuable car. Recently, Lando Norris' Ferrari F40, the Formula 1 driver, was involved in an accident in Monaco.