FIA bans disgraced kart racer Luca Corberi for 15 years
Disgraced Italian karter Luca Corberi has received a 15-year ban from all FIA competition for his actions in last year’s 𝓡FIA KZ karting world championship final.
The 23-year-old was filmed crossing the track and throwing the front bumper of his kaღrt at another driver while the race was taᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚking place following a crash.
After the race, ✱which took place at the South Garda Karting circuit 🌱owned by the Corberi family last October, he then proceeded to attack rival Paolo Ippolito in the paddock.
Footage of the incident was shared across social media and Corberi faced widespread condemnation for his behaviour, most notably fro💙m the likes of ex-F1 drivers Jenson Button and Felipe Massa, who is now FIA karting presid🐽ent.
In response, Corberi vowed he would never race again wh🐼ile the FIA announced it was lau☂nching an investigation into the incident.
The FIA wanted the International Tribunal to hand out a lifetime ban over what it described as a “violent assault”, but after assessing all of the evidence and reviewing three separate incidents, tꦜhe panel concluded that Corberi should be banned from all FIA-sanctioned competition for 15 years.
The decision, released on Monday, stated that Corberi’s actio🐻ns were “extremely se💞rious and could have resulted in injuries for any of the drivers participating in the race (including himself).”
It continu🦋ed: “The tribunal decided that a 15-year sanction would be adequate and proportional, since such a sanction clearly reflects th♏e gravity of the facts and the violence involved.
“This sanction is one of the most serious sanctions that the tribunal can impose. No other sancti🐓on would be able to achieve the envisaged goals and general and specific deterrence and rehabilita🗹tion to the same degree - as such, this measure is necessary.”
You can read the verdict in full .

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