Gozitan-Australian lifts $A3 million supercar up his Melbourne penthouse

Multi-millionaire businessman

Adrian Portelli, 34, an Australian of Gozitan descent, made news in Melbourne recently when he successfully hoisted his $A3 million McLaren Senna GTR he bought last October, to his exotic $A39 million 57th-storey penthouse, the most expensive penthouse in the Sapphire by the Gardens tower in Melbourne's CBD that he has just bought.

Hundreds of people were shocked when they saw the supercar dangling more than 200 meters above their heads.

The car enthusiast and property investor who runs LMCT+ Group, known as 'Mr Lambo' after his appearance on Channel Nine's reality TV show The Block, said that the car is a racecar It cannot be registered on the street It was just sitting in a factory, so he thought he might as well give it the title it deserved. He said he only bought the penthouse on the condition that he gets his beloved supercar inside

Portelli himself watched it go up with a massive smile on his face "It went up very quickly It was on the floor one minute, then straight up there," he said He shared the photos on the Internet

To get the car up there, they needed to deconstruct the side of the building and take out several windows Once it got to the top floor, a crew was positioned on a spe- cially-constructed platform, ready to gr and place it inside

Despite the crazy logistics, the missi went off without a hitch, and the Sen now has $A39 millio 1 3 , 0 0 0 s q u a r e - f o p e n t h o u home

The superc is one of ju 75 exampl It's power by a 4 0-li t w i n - t u r b V8, produ ing 81 h o r s e p o w e and generat ing 2,200 pounds of downforce

In the mea time, accor ing to med reports and Court docu- m e n t s , Portelli is facing accusations of hooning at Diggers Rest just before Christmas of 2020, with police hitting him with a charge each of careless driv ing, failing to have proper control of a vehicle and driving in a manner causing a vehicle to lose traction

In his last appearance, the court heard that Portelli was placed on bail; despite the charges, each being classed as 'summary offences', considered less serious. The circumstances around how police put their case against Portelli and what kind of vehicle he was driving at the time of the alleged offences will remain unknown until his next court appearance in July.