- Purosangue rolled and traveled ~400 meters after a high-speed crash.
- The driver allegedly sped to catch the group, ignoring safety guidance.
- Ferrari suspends Cavalcade Aventura amid reckless-driving concerns.
Having plenty of dollars in the bank doesn’t always mean having plenty of sense behind the wheel. And being well past midlife doesn’t guarantee wisdom either. Both truths played out rather dramatically in Argentina, where one elderly Ferrari driver demonstrated why the annual Cavalcade in Argentina ended up cancelled.
Ferrari Cavalcade Sees High-Speed Purosangue Crash That Sends SUV Tumbling
Fortunately, he and his equally seasoned passenger lived to tell the tale after a violent crash that has now become the story’s unwanted centerpiece.
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The incident unfolded near San Martín de los Andes on Route 237, where a white Purosangue reportedly veered into oncoming traffic at around 124 mph (200 km/h). It’s unclear if the driver hit an oncoming car or simply lost control.
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Video footage shared on social media seems to show the moment leading up to the crash, as the Purosangue, along with three other cars, attempts to overtake others on a two-lane double-yellow road.
Momentum Meets Misjudgment
Regardless of what caused the crash itself, the result was the same. The expensive not-an-SUV Ferrari traveled some 400 meters after the initial crash. That’s the length of a quarter-mile drag strip minus eight feet. It rolled multiple times and slammed into a pine tree.
Reports suggest the driver felt he had fallen too far behind the convoy and was speeding to catch up. Evidently, Aesop’s fable about the tortoise and the hare didn’t make the trip to Patagonia.
Both occupants of the vehicle, American citizens, escaped without serious injuries and left the hospital a day after admission. To the driver’s credit, it sounds like they weren’t the only ones making bone-headed moves.
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According to Incipolletti, several participants in the event were “fined by the National Gendarmerie and the Neuquén Police because they were driving recklessly, at high speed, endangering the lives of other drivers.”
Event Shut Down
Luciana Ortiz Luna, Secretary of Emergency and Risk Management for Neuquén, told Todo Noticias that authorities actually cancelled the event shortly before the crash.
“What should have been an enjoyable event turned into something quite different. We had already warned the Ferrari drivers that they couldn’t make reckless maneuvers. The truth is, they behaved horribly throughout the entire competition. They were fined, and the organizers were warned that this will not be allowed to continue,” they said.
Once the rollover happened, authorities decided that not a single Ferrari in the area was allowed to move without police escort.
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