Robert Lewandowski has said he once drove his first Ferrari at close to 300 km/h on a German autobahn, according to SportoweFakty. The Poland captain made the remark on the American podcast "Pardon My Take," where host Dan Katz asked him about the highest speed he had reached behind the wheel during his time in Germany. SportoweFakty reports that Lewandowski put the figure at roughly 292 km/h.
The 38-year-old striker, now with Chicago Fire, recalled buying his first Ferrari and wanting to find out what the car could do. He named the model as the F12 Berlinetta and said he took it onto the autobahn for the test. In the interview, he explained that he could not give the number in miles and estimated it at just under 300 km/h instead.
Why it matters
The admission is a rare personal detail from a player who, as SportoweFakty notes, seldom discusses his private life in public. It also lands on a subject Germans treat with care: their motorways carry no nationwide speed limit for passenger cars, and the country's rules on fast driving are debated regularly. A high-profile athlete describing a near-300 km/h run gives that debate a familiar name to attach to it.
For Lewandowski, the story belongs to his years in Germany, where he played for Borussia Dortmund and then Bayern Munich before moving to Barcelona and later Chicago. The Ferrari anecdote is a small window into that period rather than a comment on anything current.
An empty road and a first time at full throttle
According to SportoweFakty, Lewandowski described the conditions that made the run possible. The autobahn, he said, was empty and very wide, and it was the first occasion on which he held the accelerator down that far. He did not say when the drive took place or which section of autobahn he used.
The car itself is capable of more than he described. SportoweFakty reports that the F12 Berlinetta has a top speed of around 340 km/h, which puts his estimate well short of the model's ceiling.
German autobahn rules are more layered than the absence of a national limit suggests. SportoweFakty notes that local restrictions apply on many stretches, that a speed of 130 km/h is recommended, and that drivers are expected to match their speed to the conditions on the road.
Lewandowski's account came in response to a direct question about his fastest driving, and he framed it as curiosity about a new purchase rather than routine behaviour. He offered the figure as an approximation, and SportoweFakty presents it the same way.
Watch for whether Lewandowski expands on the story elsewhere; for now, the podcast remark is the only account of the drive.
