Another driver banned for failed drug test

[Chris Hurst]

Found this earlier today and thought it was interesting given the recent news in Nascar:

"Tomas Enge, the only F1 driver to have ever failed a drugs test, has been suspended from racing.

The now 35-year-old Czech, who in 2002 was stripped of his international Formula 3000 (GP2) title, on Tuesday confirmed he has once again failed a drugs test.

Enge, whose first failed drugs test was for cannabis, had returned to F3000 in 2002 after racing three times for the Prost team, which folded at the end of the 2001 season.

He has been racing a Lamborghini this year in the FIA's GT1 sports car world championship.
Enge wrote on his Facebook page that the latest failed drugs test, for an unspecified substance but "not" the active cannabis agent THC, had left him "in shock".

He admitted that the 2002 cannabis charge had a "significant effect" on his career.
"That's why ever since I have been almost paranoid" about accidentally consuming banned substances, Enge explained.

"This is a shock, as I would never knowingly take any banned substance. I have suffered from long-term health problems which is why I recently asked the FIA for an exemption to use drugs that are on the list of prohibited substances.
"Now I need to consult with expert doctors as to how this situation has occurred."
In 2007, the FIA banned GT driver Luca Moro for two years for alleged cocaine use.

Read more: http://www.worldcarfans.com/112062045526/ex-f1-driver-tomas-enge-fails-another-drug-test#ixzz22c5nqovs

Rules are rules if you are going to compete in a sanctioned sport, but I do find it interesting that the FIA places a timed ban on people where as NASCAR you are pretty much done for. From what I could find it appears that Luca Moro drove as early as 2008 in the International GT Open GTA class according to www.lotus-lmp2.com

Who's next...

[Jim McMahon]

Starting to look like being a chemist or pharmacologist would be beneficial if you plan being a professional race driver.
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