Tomas Enge suspended from the sport .

[Paradise City]

I think that's absolutely outrageous. I hope it's overturned.

[R4z3rw33n]

Originally Posted by Paradise City

I think that's absolutely outrageous. I hope it's overturned.

Agreed. Particularly as there's no decent case for performance enhancement (which is the primary - at least, original - reasoning for drug-related restrictions within sport).

Can anyone honestly prove he's gained an advantage via use of this specific substance?

[The Badger]

Originally Posted by CTD

Have there been drunk drivers racing!? (i'm honestly asking)

I know for a fact that FIA has a 0/00 limit for all participants of racing (I'm a marshall, so it goes for me too)

Im pretty sure there has been a few had a session the night before , but Ive never heard of any being caught .

[The Badger]

Originally Posted by Paradise City

I think that's absolutely outrageous. I hope it's overturned.

Me too ..... but there are people who feel that his ability will be impaired by it . I believe that could be the case if he has a smoke just before getting the car ..... but , it wares off quicker than booze does .

Its just the high and mighty flexing their muscles again .

Or possibliy its about bringing the sport into disrepute ? But its fine for the head of the Fia , then Max Mosley , getting his arse flaked by a pair of dykes in Nazi uniform ..... LMAO !!!

Wonder what would happen if there was a race in Holland , where it is legal , and someone got caught ..... he didnt break the law then , did he ???

Always an Enge fan , and always will be . This stinks .

Well , at least he has 18 months to completely enjoy himself without having to worry about the powers that be !!!

[Pandamasque]

Originally Posted by The Badger

Well , at least he has 18 months to completely enjoy himself without having to worry about the powers that be !!!

There could be an opening for him at Penske

[Steve Tarrant]

Originally Posted by The Badger

Im pretty sure there has been a few had a session the night before , but Ive never heard of any being caught .

As a race official, I can confirm that they can and ARE barred from racing, but usually this is at the club racer level, not international.

Even marshals can and are breathalysed at events, like Le Mans.

You probably won't get to hear about this when it happens, no-one goes out looking for negative publicity.

[courageous]

As much as I am a fan of his on track, this is a second drug failure.

First apparently passive cannabis smoking (mmm, ok...)
Now a medicine that he had asked clearance for, not received but used it anyway

Drugs are bad - thems the rules

[Tim the Grey]

Not ALL drugs are bad. But some get a better press than others...

I have no issue if you are being prescibed something for a medical condition, so long as it is acceptable to the authorities where you race.

[verde]

Originally Posted by CTD

Have there been drunk drivers racing!? (i'm honestly asking)

I know for a fact that FIA has a 0/00 limit for all participants of racing (I'm a marshall, so it goes for me too)

Frenchman Jules Goux won 1913 Indy 500 race after drinking a entire bottle of champanhe along with his mechanic (at that time, driver and mechanic shared the car) EVERY TIME he stopped for refueling.

I remember that back in 60s some drivers used to go racing in Le Mans 24h after drinking as well. Maybe it's more common than we could ever inquire.

PS: Niki Lauda told he once drove under the effect of weed.

[MGDavid]

I read a Le Mans story of how somebody lost his drive on the Friday (car written off in qually perhaps?) so went out on the town carousing til dawn; then got called up in the morning to replace another driver, raced with no sleep and a BIG hangover.... might have been Duncan Hamilton?

[chernaudi]

Hamilton was initially forced to sit out LM because the team was DQ'd and forced to withdraw on a technicality, then after Jaguar appealed the ruling, he and Tony Rolt were found by Lofty England at a bar drunk. England, though, had disputed this as a part of LM urban legend, but the legend has stuck. Rolt also has said that this is a part of the LM legend, and nothing more.

[old man]

Having been around longer than most here I can think of a few names involved with the odd glass in the bar from places like Brands and Croft but sadly some of these characters are no longer with us so better not give names eh? Sliding down a tent comes to mind......now who was that? Perhaps just anther urban myth?

[The Badger]

Well , Ive been on the pop with a driver , at the test weekend , got well and truely twisted , and he was driving a black & white striped car !!!