details... (fire suppressing foam was used to put the fire out)...

MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) -- A Russian lawmaker and billionaire industrialist was being treated in a hospital Monday for severe burns suffered when a Ferrari Enzo sports car he was driving slammed into a tree and caught fire in southeastern France over the weekend, police said.

Suleiman Kerimov, 40, and a 31-year-old woman who was in the car with him were injured in the crash Saturday in the southeastern city of Nice, officials said.

Kerimov was immediately flown by helicopter to a hospital in Marseille, to the west, that has a clinic specializing in treatment of burns, police said.

A spokesman for the Marseille hospital authority said Kerimov's condition remained "worrisome," and he was breathing with help from a respirator. Doctors won't know whether his condition has stabilized for another 48 hours, the spokesman said.

Russian media reports identified the woman as Tina Kandelaki, a prominent radio and television host in Russia. Nice police identified the injured woman as having the same name, but could not confirm it was the media personality. Sergei Parinov, a spokesman for the Russian Embassy in Paris, said he could not confirm her identity.

Kandelaki, 31, suffered burns on her thighs and hands. She was treated and released from a Nice hospital on Saturday before returning to Russia by plane, police said.

A police investigation into the crash was under way.

Kerimov purchased the Ferrari Enzo sports car in Nice earlier on Saturday, police said. Witnesses told investigators that the car had been weaving in and out of cars at high speeds on the seaside Promenade des Anglais, Nice's best-known thoroughfare, police said.

The vehicle spun out of control on the rain-slicked road, slammed into a tree and burst into flames. Kerimov, engulfed in flames, pulled himself out of the car and rolled on the nearby grass, police said.

Kerimov is a lawmaker in the Russian Duma. His Nafta-Moskvak investment group owns gold and silver producer Polymetal and has holdings in state-controlled gas giant OAO Gazprom and savings bank Sberbank.

 

Did I hear someone say, "Recall".

 

And the law said "SLOW THE EFF DOWN STUPID!"

 

More pics. I'm guessing he was slightly exceeding the 50 kph speed limit.

http://www.jalopnik.com/photogallery/FerrariEnzoFlambe/

 

Well that brings the total worldwide # of working enzo's down to 397 from the 401 built. I guess the remaining one's just got a bump in resale value.

edit: I just re-read the article... He bought the car on saturday and totaled it on sunday... what a REEE TARD !!!

 

I'd say its even lower than 397...

 

I used to work for a Ferrari dealer and it's amazing how some people treat those cars. The cars are built to be driven hard, but some owners take that to the extreme daily. It just goes to show you that money doesn't guarantee intelligence. Haha.

 

It's all relative. When you have millions upon millions or even Billions, you think that a 200K - 400K car means anything? It's a capricious toy, that's it. It's like you messing up a pair of skates, if that.

 

What did the poor tree do to deserve that?

 

Ouch, that sucks losing the car. Hopefully his passenger was not too badly damaged.



This is her.

 

A beautiful "Irish" girl like that should have been in a Testa Rossa.

 

Better yet, In my black XF roadster.

 

Geezzz FP, How many "Super Models" do you need?