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Fourteen Ferrari drivers clocked speeding in China

By Tim Beissmann
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One Ferrari owner in China has had his car impounded and four more have had their licences suspended after police in Zhejiang Province clocked a convoy of 14 Prancing Horse drivers speeding on Saturday.

China’s state-run Global Times reports police in Hangzhou stopped eight of the offenders, including one who was recorded at 213km/h in a 100km/h zone.

The five drivers who were clocked at over 150km/h had their licences suspended and one who failed to produce his licence had his Italian supercar impounded.

The three drivers caught between 100-150km/h were given three demerit points and were fined a laughable 200 yuan ($31.70). Another six drivers evaded the police roadblock but authorities say they will be tracked down by their registration and prosecuted accordingly.

Police said the stable of the Ferraris cost more than 30 million yuan ($4.8 million) with the most expensive model valued at approximately four million yuan ($635,000).

The offenders are reportedly part of a larger 34-car Ferrari group that is known to gather at Qiandao Lake.

The news comes one month after Ferrari China was forced to apologise for an employee of a local dealership that burned black rubber marks into the white stone surface of a 600-year-old monument in a rare Ferrari 458 Italia 20th Anniversary Special Edition.

  • MisterZed

    lol, new money is so funny.

    • FanBoi

      LOL, new money that you don’t have is so funny.

      //

      • MisterZed

        New money Chinese = peasants 20 years ago.  Now that’s funny.  At least my family’s wealth goes back a few generations.

        • Yetiman

          Wow…you have a big Ego, must be one of those Toorak T——-S!

        • JooberJCW

          What does that mean? Bill gates, and many other self made billionaires came from non privilaged backgrounds and they surpass you and your family combined in wealth

          • MisterZed

            Bill Gates did have a good background.

          • kazuo

            One of my mate from Zhejiang his family used to be high officials in Beijing. Now his father is wealthy developer, what about u now?work hard to pay off loan for a Nissan???Thats ok, at least your great great grandpa left u some treasures hidden in some mountains, now go find it!

        • Grant

          Sorry MisterZed… You really don’t have a clue. Your assumption that they were once peasants is just laughable. 

          More laughable though is you talking about your family’s wealth like it was your own. Now that’s just hilarious. 

        • Simon134

          Lol, why so defensive.

          Geez, calm down and take a chill pill.

    • Kiki

      I see someone took the obvious flamebait…

      • alabaster

        I’m gonna give them the benefit of the doubt and assume it was an incredibly slow news day.

    • Smart US

       what about the passengers 14×7 to maximize capacity…

  • MM

    They sold heaps of Ferrari in China.

  • theillestlife

    too many rabbits, in china.

    • Smart US

       too many little rabbits in china

      • kazuo

        I buy your wife, how much? just kidding.

  • LN

    “The three drivers caught between 100-150km/h were given three demerit points and were fined a laughable 200 yuan ($31.70).”

    • F1MotoGP

       It comes to around 18.6% of weekly income in Beijing. (The 2011 average annual income in Beijing was RMB56,061 and the monthly average was RMB4,672)

      In Australia average weekly income is $1,345.2, 18.6% is $249.55 so it is like paying here $250 compared to income. Yes, for us is cheap.