Video: Le Mans driver crashes Ferrari 458 Italia during free practise

There are only two days left until the famous Le Mans 24-Hour race gets underway, but one driver from the US has already wrecked his expensive Ferrari 458 Italia racing car.

It’s been a bad start to Le Mans for the American entrepreneur and amateur racing enthusiast Tracy Krohn after he went flying into a tyre wall at over 100mph in his Ferrari 458 Italia. Skip to 30 seconds to see the crash... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79gs12dv7P0 Thankfully, Krohn wasn’t injured and was later released from hospital with nothing to report. Sadly, the same can’t be said for his gorgeous Ferrari 458 Italia racing car. The crash completely dismantled the tyres in the protective tyre wall and and made light work of the reenforcing cement behind them. It’s not the first time we’ve seen Ferraris involved in big crashes at Le Mans. Last year we saw Pierguiseppe Perazzini in his Ferrari F458 crashing into the Toyota TS083 of Anthony Davidson… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvAyZeSaIt0 You may remember back in 2011 when we saw a horrific crash involving a Ferrari 458 driven by Anthony Beltoise and one of the Audi R18s driven by Scottish driver Allan McNish. Amazingly, no one was injured in the incident… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJDGaiAZm6M Le Mans is one of the most famous races in the world for good reason and there’s sure to be plenty of action this coming weekend. Make sure to catch the race on Eurosport if you're interested.