If you have ever wondered what it looks like when someone buys a Ferrari, crashes it before they even get the license plates put on, and then casually walks away like nothing happened, well, today is your lucky day. Russian rapper Navai, whose full name is Navai Bakirov, has given the internet exactly that scenario, and it is every bit as chaotic as it sounds.
The incident took place on Zubovsky Boulevard, a well-traveled road in the heart of Moscow, where Navai lost control of his newly purchased Ferrari at high speed. The car, which still did not have its registration plates attached, ended up swerved off the road, jumping the curb, and colliding with a tree on the sidewalk. The footage, which later surfaced from nearby CCTV cameras, clearly shows the Ferrari traveling significantly faster than the surrounding traffic before losing control and veering toward the sidewalk.
The story went viral after a tweet from the account Lord Bebo summed up the situation with the kind of brevity it deserved: a Russian rapper crashed a Ferrari with no plates in central Moscow and just went home. That was it. That was the whole story, and yet somehow it still managed to feel unfinished, because where is the accountability? Where are the consequences? Apparently, they did not make it to the scene either.
Navai walked away from the wreck completely uninjured, which is genuinely fortunate given the speed involved. His team later issued a statement blaming the crash on bad racing wheels. No arrests were made. No charges were filed. The rapper simply returned to his home while his crumpled Ferrari remained on the boulevard for the world to photograph and post about. As one does.
What the CCTV Footage Actually Shows
🇷🇺 Russian rapper crashed a Ferrari without number plates in the center of Moscow and just left.
He just went home … lmao pic.twitter.com/MuXylOyqXN
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) May 5, 2026
The surveillance footage that later circulated online paints a pretty clear picture of what went wrong. The Ferrari can be seen moving at a pace noticeably faster than every other vehicle on the road. Then, without much warning, the car loses its grip on the road, swerves sharply, hops the curb, and connects with a tree along the sidewalk. It is the kind of footage that is almost hard to watch, not because it is particularly graphic, but because you can see the exact moment physics wins the argument.
For anyone wondering whether the car simply slipped on a patch of ice or hit an unexpected pothole, the footage does not suggest that. The speed was the story, and the racing wheels that Navai’s team blamed for the crash may have contributed to instability at those speeds on a regular city road.
The “Bad Racing Wheels” Defense and What It Actually Means
When Navai’s team blamed the crash on bad racing wheels, they were likely referring to tires and wheel setups designed for track use rather than everyday street driving. Racing wheels and performance tires can behave very differently on public roads, particularly at high speeds and during sudden directional changes. They often have less grip in cold temperatures and can become unpredictable in conditions they were not built for.
That said, choosing to drive a brand-new, unregistered supercar at speeds well above the flow of traffic on a major city boulevard is its own category of decision-making. The wheels may have made things worse, but the circumstances leading up to the crash were entirely man-made.
No Plates, No Arrest: How Does That Work?
This is the part of the story that raised the most eyebrows online. Driving a vehicle without registration plates is illegal in Russia, just as it is in most countries. Combine that with a high-speed crash in a public area, and the typical expectation would be some kind of legal consequence. Yet none came, at least not publicly.
It is worth noting that in Russia, as in many countries, newly purchased vehicles are sometimes driven briefly before plates arrive, especially when paperwork is still being processed. That does not make it legal, but it does explain how the car ended up on the road in that condition. What it does not explain is the complete absence of any follow-up from law enforcement. Whether that reflects the rapper’s connections, the speed at which he left the scene, or simply how things unfolded, is not entirely clear.
What We Can Learn From Navai’s Very Expensive Afternoon
That moment pic.twitter.com/iQ4mPXw8Mm
— rosetenderdose (@rosetenderdose) May 6, 2026
Leaving the celebrity element aside for a moment, this incident is a useful reminder of a few things. Supercars are not designed for casual, high-speed runs on public roads, no matter how confident a driver feels. Racing-oriented setups, whether tires, suspension, or wheels, belong on tracks where conditions are controlled. The gap between feeling like you can handle a powerful car and actually being able to handle one at speed in a real-world environment is enormous, and it can close very quickly.
There is also the straightforward point that driving without plates puts other people at risk too. An unregistered vehicle involved in an accident creates complications for anyone else involved, from insurance claims to identifying responsible parties. Navai walked away unhurt, and so did everyone else this time. That outcome owed more to luck than planning.
The Ferrari, for its part, did not walk away at all.