Two young men have been sentenced to up to five months in jail for dangerous driving after they crashed a Lamborghini and a Ferrari in a late-night race through Beijing.
The Chaoyang District Court found Tang Wentian, 21, and Yu Muchun, 20, guilty of dangerously operating motor vehicles, a court statement said.
Neither would appeal the verdicts, which sentenced Tang to five months in jail and Yu to four, the court said. Both also were fined.
The court said Tang's Lamborghini reached speeds of more than 111mph and Yu's Ferrari went over 102mph in their race on the rainy night of April 11.
One passenger in Tang's car was injured. The speed limit was 40mph for that stretch of road.
The men were not under the influence of alcohol or drugs, the district court said.
The crash involving two luxury cars attracted much attention from the Chinese public, who speculated about the young men's family backgrounds and how they could drive such expensive cars.
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