Ferrari 488 Pista Seems Totaled After Crashing Underneath Freeway Guardrail

It seems to be like one other supercar is down due to less-than-ideal driving circumstances. A limited-edition Ferrari 488 Pista met an premature finish on February 11 after crashing into – and beneath – a guardrail alongside a straight stretch of freeway. Happily, there have been no reported accidents. Sadly, the Ferrari is probably going a components automobile at this level.

The one-car crash occurred round 9:00 a.m. native time within the northwest area of Poland, close to the city of Wyrzysk. Auto Swiat experiences the circumstances on the time of the crash had been moist, with rain falling and temperatures near the freezing level. Particulars of precisely what occurred aren’t accessible; the Wyrzysk Volunteer Hearth Division shared photographs of the aftermath and an outline of the scene in a Fb submit, embedded beneath. The submit merely states the driving force misplaced management of the automobile on the Wyrzyska bypass on the S10 freeway, and that the driving force was okay.

 

The photographs present in depth injury to the entrance of the 488, with just about your entire entrance clip ripped away and shredded into items. The affect was additionally laborious sufficient – and the automobile was low sufficient – to ship it beneath the guardrail, although it clearly wasn’t a simple match. The windshield is smashed, the roof caved, and the A-pillars are bent nearly as if the automobile flipped the wrong way up in some unspecified time in the future. It seems the Ferrari slid alongside the shoulder beneath the guardrail for a brief distance, inflicting it to slice into the engine cowl like a can opener. It seems there aren’t any exterior physique panels which might be undamaged.

Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 summer season tires are normal difficulty on the 488 Pista from the manufacturing unit. It’s unknown what tires had been on this specific automobile when it crashed; chilly temperatures typically aren’t good for high-performance summer-compound tires, even in dry circumstances. In any case, we’re grateful for no accidents on this scary-looking crash.