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

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, just north of London yesterday. The car is said to have hit a lamppost, and overturning at 12.50pm.

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.