NASCAR may be world-famous for its on-track skirmishes and heated rivalries, yet Santino Ferrucci’s most notorious disciplinary episode didn’t occur in stock cars; it unfolded in Formula 2 back in 2018. During the Silverstone sprint race weekend, Ferrucci deliberately collided with his teammate Arjun Maini on the cooldown lap, refused to attend the stewards’ hearing, and was subsequently handed a four-race suspension, disqualified from his result, and fined heavily. His behavior prompted Trident Racing to formally denounce him and his father for “unsportsmanlike and above all uncivilized behavior”.
Ferrucci eventually transitioned to NASCAR’s Xfinity Series, where a heated incident with Josh Berry at Phoenix Raceway became a defining moment in his stock car journey. The clash, unintention