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 Australian๊ 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 Practice.
According to a statement from the Stewards, the SIC58 Squadra Corse rid💃er ‘behaved in a disrespectful and abusive manner towards Officials 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 infringement of the FIM World Championship Grand Prix Regulat🍨ions'.
The Japanese wenܫt on to finish 17th in Sunday’s wet Philli🍰p Island race.
The FIM Stewards 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 the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury🎐 issues.
