Valencia midfielder Ever Banega burns his £200,000 [N50m] brand new Ferrari (Video)

 

Ever Banega's £200,000 Ferrari lies burnt to a crisp at the side of the road after he took it out on to the road for the first time.

The epic blaze was watched by locals in Spain after the Argentine footballer took his flash new toy for its debut drive.

After a fire started under the bonnet the Valencia player pulled over on the road and ran to his nearby training ground to request a bucket of water. By the time he returned to the Ferrari 360 Modena it was fully ablaze and beyond anything a bucket of water could deal with.

Video after the break


Later, all that was left of the supercar was a charred back end and a shiny front end.

A spokesman for the football club said the problem was caused by some sort of short circuit in the wiring.

The 24-year old midfielder has had a terrible run of luck with cars this year.

In February he suffered a broken ankle that kept him out the game for six months after he forgot to put the handbrake on his car at a petrol station and it rolled backwards towards him.

In 2010, Ferrari recalled the 458 Italia because of problems with high temperatures in the circuits.

The footballer made it out unscathed but he may be best sticking to public transport from now on.