Robert S\u00e1nchez was not injured after his Ferrari was badly damaged in a crash at the N\u00fcrburgring on Monday.<\/p>\n
The incident left his Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo, valued at around $400k, heavily damaged and facing a costly repair bill. Chelsea confirmed that S\u00e1nchez, 28, was not driving when the crash happened.<\/p>\n
According to the report, a friend had taken the car for a test lap shortly before the goalkeeper was due to drive on the same circuit. S\u00e1nchez was at the N\u00fcrburgring as part of one of the tourist sessions, where members of the public can pay to take their own vehicles around the famous track, known as the Green Hell.<\/p>\n
A British tourist driving behind the Ferrari told The Sun that the car appeared to enter the corner too quickly before striking the barrier.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe slammed into the corner and the track immediately got red flagged,\u201d the witness is quoted as saying. \u201cIt\u2019s a banked corner that goes on more than 180 degrees and he clearly had put too much gas on and drove straight into the barrier.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe front of the Ferrari was completely demolished and parts were sprayed all over the track.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had to drive through the wreckage to get out.\u201d<\/p>\n
The witness also said it took an hour to clear the debris, and described the car, which carried S\u00e1nchez\u2019s name, as \u201ccompletely ruined.\u201d Photographs from the scene showed the black and purple supercar with a smashed front end and plastic bags filled with broken parts.<\/p>\n
S\u00e1nchez, who is on loan at Cesc F\u00e0bregas\u2019 Como this season, was later seen at Belgium’s Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, although he was reportedly only watching rather than driving there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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