Shocking moment furious Le Mans driver kicks and punches rival's car before being restrained by stewards
In an insane start to Race 2 of the Le Mans Cup - before the iconic 24 Hour endurance race - Ferrari 296 GT3 driver Gino-Generoso Forgione was put out of the race after a collision with Josep Mayola Comadira.
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Several drivers had crashed out of the race in the early chaos after No.8 Team Virage LMP3 spun after making contact with the No.29 Forestier Racing by VPS LMP3.
And Forgione, driving the Ferrari No.21, was left fuming as he was caught up in it when Comadira collected his rival by bumping him and spinning him around.
The incident left both cars stranded on track and brought out the safety car.
Forgione was seen getting out of his car and marching over to Comadira's No.23 Biogas Ferrari.
As he approached the Swiss driver lifted up his helmet visor and broke into a trot before unleashing a kick into the side of the car.
The 61-year-old followed this up with a flurry of punches to the car window.
Race stewards rushed over to restrain him, as Forgione continued to hit the car, now raining hammer fists down on the roof, before he was dragged away.
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"As you can understand, racing at Le Mans and getting tagged out in the first corner is not going to leave you feeling very happy.
"The problem is, everyone is checking up there because of the spinning Porsche.
"He has spun because he is checking up because the cars in front are slowing down dramatically."
Fellow commentator Graham Goodwin added: "It is not giving Gino-Generoso Forgione any credit at all for the behaviour at the end there.
"But he will feel that he checked up and the car behind did not...
"Yeah, not very happy is the international sign language there."
A remarkable 19 former F1 racers are competing in the iconic 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend, including Jenson Button, Mick Schumacher and Kevin Magnussen.
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