F1 STAR TURNS KART PIT LANE INTO WAR ZONE — SON’S RAGE FUELS BRUTAL ASSAULT ON DEFENSELESS DAD
“HE WAS GOING TO KILL ME!” VICTIM BREAKS SILENCE ON SHOCKING VIPER ATTACK
Published
January 15, 2026
12:30 AM PST
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The shocking truth behind the arrest of former Formula One driver Antonio Pizzonia can FINALLY be revealed. In an EXCLUSIVE interview, the man left battered and bruised tells TMZ Sports the HARROWING tale of a racing legend’s son who allegedly ATTACKED his child on the track — and a father who then unleashed a FRENZIED, UNPROVOKED assault in retaliation.
Michael Kotowski, a 300-pound giant left reeling from the attack, describes a scene of PURE CHAOS at the Speedsportz Racing Park. “This wasn’t racing,” Kotowski SEETHES. “This was a TARGETED RAMMING by Pizzonia’s son, Neto, against my boy. It was INTENTIONAL.” Kotowski claims the 13-year-old aggressor went “FULL THROTTLE” into his son’s kart in the pit lane — a move so dangerous it could have been FATAL.
The situation EXPLODED when Kotowski, from behind a fence, warned the young driver to “watch it.” The child’s BRUTAL retort? “What are you going to do about it?” Sources close to the investigation suggest this arrogant taunt was the SPARK that ignited the former F1 star’s violent rage.
Then came the VIPER STRIKE. “He came out of NOWHERE,” Kotowski recounts, voice trembling. “A kick, a punch — a COWARDLY sucker-punch from a man who used to race at 200 MPH. He lunged at me like a wild animal.” Despite his massive size, Kotowski says he was utterly overpowered by the BLIND FURY of the assault. “He wasn’t defending his son,” Kotowski insists. “He was EXACTING REVENGE.”
Pizzonia was arrested, but his flimsy Instagram apology reeks of damage control. This incident exposes a DARK CULTURE of elite privilege and unchecked aggression, where the children of stars believe they can DESTROY property and endanger lives, and their fathers believe they can settle scores with their FISTS. What does this teach the next generation? That WINNING is everything, and CONSEQUENCES are for ordinary people.
Kotowski’s final words are a chilling indictment: “I controlled my emotions. He could not.” This is more than an assault charge; it’s a GLARING SPOTLIGHT on the toxic, win-at-all-costs mentality that is POISONING youth sports from the inside out. The checkered flag has fallen, revealing not a champion, but a man whose greatest crash happened OFF the track.
When the role models become the monsters, what brutal lesson are our children really learning?



