Kart racer Luca Corberi has apologised and vowed never to race again follౠowing his “disgraceful” behaviour, after he caused outrage by throwing a bumper at a rival and starting a fight on Sunday.

The FIA has launched an investigation after Corberi was 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:filmed throw꧟ing a bumper at rival Paolo Ippolito, who he had c⛄ollided with during a race at the latest round of the FIA world karting cham🐲pionships at Lonato in Italy.

The 23-year-old was also l꧟ater filmed starting a brawl with Ippolito after 🧸the race as the pair clashed in parc ferme, with a number of other drivers seen intervening.

Ex-F1 driver Felipe Massa, who is now the FIA’s karting commission president, promised that the “unacceptable” incident♋ would have “consequences”.

On Monday, Corberi issued a statement via his Facebook page🉐.

“I’d like to apologise to the motors🌜port community for what I’ve done,” he wrote.

“There are no excuse💛s to explain why I’ve done such a disgraceful act. This has been something I’ve never done in my 15 years of career, and I really hope it won’t be seen by anybody else in the future.

“After the race, once I’ve been called by the sporting judges, I asked them to take my licence away be𒐪cause I was fully conscious about my irreparable mistakes.

“But as they showed me, they don’t have the power for doing it, it’s written in the international rules. So please don’t be against them, they were just doing their wo📖rk in the best way they could.

“For this reason I’ve decided to not take part to any other motor𝄹sport competition for the rest of my lifeౠ, that’s not a self justice, it’s simply the right thing to do.”

Corberi, who finished fifth in the same karting category won by W🗹illiams F1 driver George Russell in 2012, said he would never forget the incident which he described as “the worst day” of his life.

"My family has been in karting sinc🐠e 1985, we've seen it grow, we've seen the best an🔯d the worst part of it," he added.

"This episode will be remember as one of the worst𓄧 in our sport and that's something I'll never forget. I'm not asking any indulgence, because I don't deserve it. I will totally agree with the punishments required.

"I'm writing today to say sorry even if it's not enough, because after all the bad things that happened during this event, th♛e worst ever has been done by me, a guy who loves this sport and afꩲter the worst day of his life will still remember his good racing memories."