Stoner fined for warm-up incident

Casey Stoner fined 5000 Euros.
Suppo and Stoner called to race direction, French MotoGP 2011
Suppo and Stoner called to race direction, French MotoGP 2011
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French MotoGP pole st﷽arter, Casey Stoner, has been fined 5000 Euros by Race Direction for lashing out at Randy🌼 de Puniet during morning warm-up at Le Mans.

After almost hitting the back of a slow-moving de Puniet on a🌊 straight, Stoner gave the Frenchman a 'what 𝓀are you doing?' punch on the shoulder as he pulled alongside.

The cruising de Puniet had looked back shortly before Stoner arrived, then mo💧ved to the right, straight into the path of the fast-moving Stoner.

de Puniet either didn't see Stoner, th🃏ought he was heading to his left or that h🌠e was far enough in front of the Australian.

Either way, Stoner clearly felt that de Puniet had acted dangerously, hence his anger, but Race Direction decided that taking physical action was a greater crime. de Puniet sꩵeems not to have been ꦏpunished.

Desp𝕴ite the incident, Repsol Honda rider Stoner was fastest by half a second during the warm-up session and will be chasing his second victory of the🧸 season this afternoon.

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