EXCLUSIVE: Sports car driver attacks van in sickening 'racist' attack just yards from Kate Moss's Highgate home

  • WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT 
  • A man in a Abarth Spider verbally abused a van driver in a road rage incident
  • The attacker insulted the victim describing him as 'a dirty Romanian' 
  • A passer-by filmed the atrocious attack which happened in Highgate Village
  • The attacker escaped at high speed leaving skid marks along the tarmac
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This is the moment a driver jumps out of his sports car and attacks a delivery driver in a road rage dispute on a north London street.  

The ugly scenes took place on Tuesday afternoon in Highgate Village, a sleepy suburb in north London, home to celebrities including Kate Moss and Jude Law.

The outraged driver gets out of his £30,000 Abarth Spider and begins hitting the side of the VW transporter van, incensed at the side on collision.  

The owner driver of the Abarth Spider, left, jumped out of his car to remonstrate with the van

The owner driver of the Abarth Spider, left, jumped out of his car to remonstrate with the van

The man shouted sickening racist abuse at the van driver before insulting his mother 

The man shouted sickening racist abuse at the van driver before insulting his mother 

The driver then bizarrely shouted at the van: 'Romania won't beat Ireland' 

The driver then bizarrely shouted at the van: 'Romania won't beat Ireland' 

The motorist, who was described as having an Irish accent, damages the wing mirror of the van during his furious tirade.

The man, who was wearing a white tee shirt and shorts, throws several objects at the van which was blocking a narrow roadway in the centre of Highgate village, opposite the Flask pub.

As the man returns to his car he shouts at the driver: ‘Come here, get out of your car you p****. You’re a f***** and your mother’s getting banged by every man in the country.

‘You’re a dirty Romanian, so what?’

The man walks around to the front of his car, grabs onto the van and jumps up before bizarrely shouting: ‘Romania won’t beat Ireland.’

The attacker then jumps back into his own car and speeds away, leaving two long s-shaped skid marks on the road. His screeching tyres can be heard in the distance as he rounds the next junction.

According to the DVLA's website, the Abarth Spider is not currently road taxed and has been declared off the road.  

One eyewitness told MailOnline: ‘Highgate is normally very quiet. Every once in a while people get frustrated. Often you would hear horns. First it started with horns. The young lad got out and started screaming.'

The driver then sped off leaving two skidmarks on the road as he made his escape

The driver then sped off leaving two skidmarks on the road as he made his escape

The eyewitness claims the man started punching the driver before they could started filming. 

He added: 'He was shouting at this guy about Romanians. But the guy was actually Bulgarian.'

‘I used to live in Limerick, in Ireland, for years and he definitely sounded like he was from the Rathkeale part of the county.

‘He also insulted the driver’s mother for no reason. The van driver was calm. He didn't do anything wrong. 

'It was bizarre because this is generally a very nice area, although the traffic can be a bit of a nightmare.' 

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