By Adam Ferraresi, January 22, 2025
Back in the day, the Ferrari F40 marked the birth of the modern supercar and hypercar era. However, by today’s standards, the F40 is considered relatively tame. Modern supercars and hypercars are equipped with a host of advanced electronic driving aids, enabling even the most inexperienced drivers to appear as if they possess exceptional skill behind the wheel.
The Ferrari F40, by contrast, is as pure and raw as a car can get. It is a mechanical marvel—almost alive—standing in stark contrast to the sanitized and technologically superior supercars of today. For the modern driver, unaccustomed to handling a vehicle from the late 1980s to early 1990s, operating an F40 can feel like an exercise in primal struggle, exposing their lack of familiarity with its analog demands.
Imagine being abroad and someone crashes your car like this 😭
🎥: thanosofmonaco TikTok pic.twitter.com/O40MgoTF7S— Veronique (@f1vero) January 18, 2025
On the rolling foothills of Monaco, a Ferrari F40 was seen crashing into the guardrails after the driver demonstrated a lack of skill, highlighting just how easily the F40 can snap into oversteer when in inexperienced hands. The unfortunate twist? The F40 in question belongs to Lando Norris.
While Lando Norris is more than capable of handling such a car, he wasn’t behind the wheel at the time. Instead, it was a so-called “friend,” who, one might assume, is no longer on friendly terms with Norris. A pristine Ferrari F40 is valued at approximately £2 million, with only 1,311 ever produced. This makes spare parts exceedingly rare, and the repair bill could easily rival the cost of a brand-new BMW 5 Series.
