Remarkable images posted online show how the £1million Ferrari F40 was being taken for a test drive on the A5 near Markyate, north of London, before losing control and crashing

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

Footage has emerged of the crash that took out what is (was?) reportedly the highest-mileage Ferrari F40 in existence, and this quick clip reminds us just how much respect these old-school performance machines demand even in the most mundane circumstances.

A Ferrari F40 flipped onto its side and was mangled practically beyond recognition on Thursday in a crash outside of a North-West Hertfordshire village in the United Kingdom. The highly-desirable supercar icon was being driven by a service technician at the time of the wreck,

A Ferrari F40 worth around £1 million was wrecked after it smashed into a lamppost on a test drive. The rare supercar was reportedly being driven by a technician when they lost control of the vehicle on the A5 near Markyate,

Pour one out for this Ferrari F40. The seven-figure supercar was crashed today in the United Kingdom while on a main road near the town of Markyate, north of London. According to kayash2000 on Instagram,