{"id":275941,"date":"2026-02-10T00:12:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/275941\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T00:12:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:12:06","slug":"ferrari-laferrari-damaged-in-crash-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/275941\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrari LaFerrari Damaged in Crash in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/backfirenews.com\/fernando-alonso-spotted-driving-laferrari-monoco\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ferrari LaFerrari;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Ferrari LaFerrari&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Ferrari LaFerrari<\/a> valued at roughly $4 million has been heavily damaged following a crash in <a href=\"https:\/\/backfirenews.com\/china-just-nuked-hidden\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:China;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;China&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">China<\/a>, with video footage showing the yellow hypercar stopped in the middle of a roadway after the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Details surrounding the crash remain limited, but early indications suggest the driver may have lost control before striking roadside objects. The impact appears to have hit the front passenger-side corner, leaving visible damage to the bumper and internal components in that area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">More serious concerns appear at the rear of the vehicle, where the damage suggests significant mechanical issues. The rear wheel is visibly misaligned, pointing in an unnatural direction that indicates likely suspension failure. The impact may also have resulted in a broken wheel and potential damage to the carbon ceramic braking system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The LaFerrari is among Ferrari\u2019s most advanced performance machines, combining hybrid technology with lightweight construction. Its structure and performance components are designed for extreme speeds and handling, but repairs for damage of this scale can be complex and costly due to the specialized materials and engineering involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Footage circulating on Chinese social media captured the aftermath, showing the hypercar immobilized and surrounded by bystanders. The condition of the vehicle suggests it will require extensive inspection and restoration work before it could return to the road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">High-profile crashes involving rare supercars have occurred in recent years, underscoring the risks tied to driving high-performance vehicles in public settings. In 2024, a LaFerrari was among several exotic models involved in a crash during a convoy on a mountain road in Austria, alongside a McLaren Elva, an 812 Superfast, and a Bentley Continental GTC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Incidents like these often draw global attention because of the vehicles involved and their limited production, high value, and engineering complexity. The latest crash highlights the vulnerability of even the most advanced hypercars when conditions, driver inputs, or road environments go wrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Ferrari LaFerrari valued at roughly $4 million has been heavily damaged following a crash in China, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[607,155406,32474,111,139,69,145,155407],"class_list":{"0":"post-275941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-china","9":"tag-ferrari-laferrari","10":"tag-internal-components","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-technology","15":"tag-visible-damage"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}