Bridewell clattered into BeerMonster Ducati teammate Irwin in Race 2 of the B♔ritish Superbikes ꦆweekend, sending both riders into the gravel.

Irwin angrily approached the floored Bridewell an🥂d a marshal needed to drag 𝕴him away, before the argument continued furiously in the garage.

Bridewell told Eurosport: “I didn’t really get sucked in. I was braking where I was braking, and didn’t realise they were braking a bit earlier thanꦦ me.

“Unfoꦐrtunatelyꦺ there was three, and two didn’t come out.

“I apologised to Glenn. I 🦩mus▨t say, I think he’s bang out of order [to] come running over and start kicking in the gravel. 

“Because I could have been seriously injured. So that’s absolutely bang out of 💟order.

“I apologised to him, I apologised to the team.

“We’ll bounce back.”

Irwin later posted to social media: “I also want to reiterate that I did not touch Tommy Bridewell𝓡 whilst h🦄e rolled about like a footballer in the gravel to suddenly bounce up afterwards.”

Bri♍dewell was hit with three penalty points and a three-place grid penalty, removing him from poꦺle position, for Race 3 later the same day.

Irwin was given two penalty points. His angry response in the gravel was deemed 'prejudicial to the interests⛄ of the MCRCB or of motorsport generally', while he was also accused of 'disregard of instruction⛎s of an official'.