French M🅺otoGP pole starter, Casey Stoner, has been fined 5000 Euros by Race Direction for lashing out at Randy de Puniet d🍎uring morning warm-up at Le Mans.

After almost hitting the back of a slow-moving de Puniet on a straight, Stoner gave t🏅he Frenchman a 'what are you doing?' punch on t༺he shoulder as he pulled alongside.

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

de Puniet either didn't see Stoner, thought he was heading to hi♕s left or that he was far enough in front of the Australian.

Either way, Stoner clearly felt that de Pu♚niet had acted dangerously, hence his anger, but Race Direction decided that takin꧒g physical action was a greater crime. de Puniet seems not to have been punished.

Despite the incident, Repsol Hondaꦍ 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.