While the team was visiting Dubai recently, the French-born midfielder thought it would be fun to take the team bus for a spin around the hotel, even though he wasn't really sure how to drive it. Oh yeah, and all of his teammates were on board at the time. Pictured is just a portion of the resulting damage.

But it sounds much more serious, and comical, when explained in German:

Gestern gab Franck Ribéry (25) Gas – auch am Steuer des Bayern-Busses. Ribéry fuhr zwei Hotel-Schilder zu Schrott, bretterte über den Bordstein, lachte sich danach kaputt.

In the U.S., our athletes usually become lachte sich danach kaputt due to vast quantities of alcohol. In France, however, it appears that they're merely insane.

Listen, driving the bus isn't the difficult part. It's trying to park it that's the bitch.

Franck Ribery Crashes The Bayern Munich Team Bus [The Spoiler]

With his wife, two children and new addition to the family Ed, the Australian Shepherd pup, on board, Schumacher proceeded to put pedal to metal. Famously, German autobahns have no blanket speed limits, so the driver was able to put the cab through its paces. Although he was driving an Opel Vivaro, a minivan-style vehicle which has a top speed of 163km (101 miles) per hour, Schumacher managed to get the most out of it, according to the cabbie. "He drove at full throttle around the corners and overtook in some unbelievable places," said a white-knuckled Mr Yilmaz.

Sure, it's all fun and high adventure until LaRussa is late for a flight.

Michael Schumacher Drives Taxi In Airport Dash [Telegraph.com.uk]