A Chelsea player has been involved in a horrifying high-speed crash on an iconic motorsports track, leaving his £300,000 supercar written off

Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez has walked away unscathed from a horrifying high-speed smash at Germany's legendary Nurburgring racing circuit.

The Spanish shot-stopper was behind the wheel of a £300,000 Ferrari when disaster struck.

He careered into a barrier at approximately 70mph after losing control of the supercar at the notorious Caracciola-Karussell bend. The Spaniard is understood to have been going too quickly as he attempted to navigate the challenging corner.

His Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo, sporting a striking pink camouflage livery, had to be hauled away on a recovery truck following the incident.

The front end of the vehicle sustained substantial damage. A British tourist who saw the crash unfold at the German track told the Sun: "He was going way too fast on the turn, travelling up to 70 miles per hour.

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"He slammed into the corner and the track immediately got red-flagged. It's 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.

"The front of his Ferrari was completely demolished and parts were sprayed all over the track. I think he just wanted to have a bit of fun for the week."

The witness added: "A few hundred people witnessed it. It was the talk of the town for the day. Everybody was asking around what had happened because his car was completely ruined.

"Sanchez escaped unharmed. He came out the car immediately after like nothing had happened and starting picking up the broken pieces."

The public can drive around the Nürburgring after paying a toll fee, as the circuit is classified as an unrestricted toll road, allowing it to bypass motorsport regulations.

The iconic track hasn't held an F1 race weekend since 2020, when it returned to the calendar as a one-off event, having previously hosted races sporadically between 1951 and 2013.

Sanchez remains on loan at Cesc Fabregas' Como but is currently finding game time hard to come by. He has only featured in three Serie A matches out of a possible nine fixtures for the Italian side.