Kaito Toba fined, suspended for ‘disrespectful, abusive manner towards FIM Stewards'
The incident occurred ‘during the second hearing with the members of the FIM MotoGP Stewards panel’ on Saturday at the Australian Grand Prix after Toba had been sanctioned with a back-of-the-grid start and long lap penalty for ‘riding slow online [and] disturbing another rider at Turn 1’ during Friday&👍nbsp;Practice.
According to a statement from the Stewards, the SIC58 Squadra Corse rider ‘behaved in a disrespectful and abusive manner towards🌸 Offi🀅cials of the Event, specifically, members of the FIM MotoGP Stewards panel’.
Toba's behaviour was deemed 'detrimental to the interests of the sport' and 'therefore an inဣfringement of the FIM World Championship Grand Prix Regulations'.
The Japanese went on to finish 17t𝓰h in Sunday’s wet Phi♊llip Island race.
The FIM Ste🃏wards panel at Phillip Island consisted of chairman Freddie Spencer, Andres Somolinos and Tamara Matko.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at t♒he forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s ♏injury issues.
