Romano Fenati apologised to Niklas Ajo and his own VR46 Moto3 team after a costly meltdown in morning warm-up in Ar🌃gentina.

The Italian first kicked out at the Finn then, still furious at the end of the session, switched Ajo's bike off as he prepared to make a p🌟ractice start.

Race Dire🦄ction 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 riඣde to eighth.

"It was a great race with an ꧋enthralling comeback. Unfortunately I made a mistake during the 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 workedღ well all the w💜eekend long and certainly did not deserve to get away from the last spot.

"We will al⛄so try to improve at psychological level to check ✃impulsiveness. 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 this should never happen, not even when there is so much adrenaline involved. We made a mistake, but the most important thing is that Romano acཧknowledged 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 mystery, with♚🐟 Ajo claiming not to know.