Romano Fenati apologised to Niklas Ajo and his own VR46 Moto3 team after a costly me♐ltdown in morning warm-up in Argentina.

The Italian first kicked out at the Finn then🍌, still fur🐻ious at the end of the session, switched Ajo's bike off as he prepared to make a practice start.

Race Direction unsurprisingly punished Fenati, imposing three penalty points, which meant a back of꧃ the grid start.

Fortunately Fenati helped put the controversy behind him with a strong ri🐼de to eighth.

"It was a great race with an enthralling comeback. Unfortunately I made a mistake during th🍸e warm-up, I admit I went a bit too far and I am sorry about it," Fenati said in a VR46 statement.

"First of all I would like to apologise to Ajo and his team. But I also apologise to my team that has worked well all the weekend long and certainly did not dese🙈rve to get away from the last spot.

"We will also try to improve at psychological level to check impulsiven♒ess. It was a false step we paid dearly, but the bike was okay and I managed to push hard and fight back and I am very happy about it. We have a good basis on which to build on ahead of Jerez."

Team manager and former racer Pablo Neito added: "First of all we have to apologize to Niklas, incidents like th🏅is should never happen, not even when there is so muඣch adrenaline involved. We made a mistake, but the most important thing is that Romano acknowledged it by apologising.

"Nonetheless, it was a great race as Romano started last but was able to finish in the top 10. I congratulate him, even if I am sorry about what happened in the warm-up, as if we had started from the third row we might have got farther ahead."

The reason for Fenati's rage remains something of a mysteryꦺ, with Ajo claiming not to know.