"Oh "inserta Italiano cliche'a here'a"

I know they just want to help, but still, the driver ought to be keelhauled for backing up on a highway.

How did he lose control during that simple wide-open lane change? Wheels spin too fast and lose their traction?

probably, or oil slick.

Slow and steady wins the race.

My guess as to why the driver lost control is that it was raining lightly. When it starts to rain, small amount of water mixes with the oil that is on pretty much every road and creates a slippery mixture. I'm sure many of you have been told when it starts to rain, expect a longer stopping distance then when the road is completely soaked.

Take that and add the fact that the amount of torque on the rear wheels of a 458 and that Ferrari's come with tires more akin to commercial racing tires than all season radials, and mama mia, you are going to have one expensive crasha!

Pretty much exactly. With an MR transmission, and a super powerful motor, if you goose it and spin the wheels even a bit, that's what happens. You have to respect the torque that a car like that can create, and in the wet, you really, really have to be careful with your right foot.

If all you ever drive are FF cars it's hard to understand the physics, but it's basically the difference between pushing and pulling. If you push something heavy without being perfectly balanced in your force, then it wants to slide left or right. If you pull, of course, it's totally fine.

Even the "family car" is a Ferrari? Im moving to Italy!

That was might thought too. "Family Car", lol. Maybe it was part of the crash, stomping on it to show what a "real" Ferrari can do....

Particularly an Italian highway. I took a cab ride from Naples to Pompei last year and one thing I noticed was that Italian drivers have only a passing acquaintance with what all those lines on the road are there for. I seriously considered that in Italy the law is that you are required to keep that line on the road under the midpoint of your vehicle.

Actually my first thought was

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX7wtNOkuHo

Mamma mia!!

Hahahahahahah. Italians, they can build them but they sure as hell can't drive them.

The car doing the filming overtook on a merging lane - effectively cutting off the Ferrari. Bad form.

^ While true, the guy was driving like he was distracted or had never driven before. He had plenty of time to properly merge, but for w/e reason didn't. I suppose he could have been trying to be ultra careful...but that didn't last too long, did it?

Ha! Cazzo = cock

The last time I was in Italy, I drove myself and family for 13 days and didn't put a ding or scratch on the van because I was hyper-paranoid and careful. Other friends hired local Italian limos; they had three accidents, including one that totaled the driver's car (fortunately, he was on the way to pick up the family and none of the family was aboard).
Despite this apparent anecdotal evidence, as far as I can tell, per million residents, in 2006, the Italians had 92 deaths---and the United States had 140.

Maybe per mile driven/per kilometer stats would show something else.

You know what you are talking about - something you don't see often on the internet.
If we had a friends list on the sift you'd be on mine.

This doesnt happen if you have at least a little experience.
First off you will notice it quickly enough to get your foot off of the gas pedal.
But secondly, you will never get into a situation like that because you know how lots of torque to the rear wheels will do exactly this.

This guy simply didnt know how to handle this car, and the description supports this (he just got this car from the dealer). You simply dont drive like that in the rain.

Momma mia my pizza car isa ruined!

rear wheel drive, high-torque sports cars do this more often than you'd think, especially when the driver hasn't bothered to learn the specifics of the car and/or respect its power.

Princess Peach trying to drive again I see.