The 60-year-old self-employed man from Chikushino in southern Fukuoka, who has not been named, told police he was driving over the 80km per hour speed limit when he lost control of his red Ferrari.
The driver intended to change lanes while speeding along a wet stretch of the Chugoku Expressway in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, before skidding and hitting a guardrail.
The manoeuvre triggered a 14-car pile up, including a string of Ferraris, Mercedes and a Lamborghini, causing minor injuries to 10 people.
According to the Mainichi newspaper, the man told prefectural highway police and other sources: "I was driving at a faster speed than the legal limit. I had attempted to change lanes while driving in the passing lane, but the rear wheels of my car skidded, prompting my car to hit the guardrail." (telegraph.co.uk)
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