Gone but not forgotten:
A very fast car has made a very slow return. British police said Monday that they have recovered a Ferrari stolen from Austrian Formula One driver Gerhard Berger in Italy in April 1995. The red Ferrari F512M was one of two sports cars taken while their drivers were in Imola for the San Marino Grand Prix. Neither was ever found. Berger and fellow Formula 1 star Jean Alesi lost their private cars on the same day in April 1995 to car thieves working near the circuit at Imola. The Austrian explained that his red F512M Testarossa had disappeared from outside his hotel. Ferrari manufactured 501 of the F512M model between 1994 and 1996. The car has a top speed of 196 miles per hour.
Neither stolen car had been found, until London’s Metropolitan Police force was tipped off by the manufacturer in January that a Ferrari in the process of being sold to a U.S. buyer by a U.K. broker had been flagged as a stolen vehicle. The US buyer asked the Ferrari company to verify the car he was buying was a genuine Ferrari and they tracked the VIN. London’s Metropolitan Police said they launched an investigation in January after receiving the report from Ferrari in late 2023. Officers traced the car’s background within four days, finding out that it had been shipped to Japan shortly after being stolen from Berger and then brought to the UK in late 2023. Police then took possession of the vehicle to prevent it being exported from the UK. “The stolen Ferrari has a value of $443,000 was missing for more than 28 years before we managed to track it down in just four days,” said officer Mike Pilbeam, who led the investigation..
“We worked quickly with partners including the National Crime Agency, as well as Ferrari and international car dealerships, and this collaboration was instrumental in understanding the vehicle’s background and stopping it from leaving the country,” he added. “We worked quickly with partners including the National Crime Agency, as well as Ferrari and international car dealerships, and this collaboration was instrumental in understanding the vehicle’s background and stopping it from leaving the country.” No one has been arrested in either theft and the second stolen Ferrari is still missing.
Sports car speaking
You know crime is bad in Toronto when you see in the classified section: “Stolen cars for sale.”
Driving a sports car, isn’t it weird how when a cop drives by you feel paranoid instead of protected.
There is some truth to the adage that money can’t buy you love…
But it can buy a mansion, a yacht, a sports car, and a Bermudian island. After that, you’re beating love off with a stick.
I just sports car being driven by a sheep wearing a swimsuit.
I think it was a lamb bikini.
March 11th Birthdays
1993 – Jodie Comer, 1993 – Jude Demorest, 1983 – Thora Birch, 1994 – Sarah Molinski
1926 – Ralph Abernathy, 1971 – Johnny Knoxville, 1936 – Antonin Scalia, 1969 – Terrence Howard