Frank Montagny banned for drug use

[Allyc85]

Such a rare thing to see in motorsport, but Frank Montagny has been banned for the use of cocaine!

http://current-e.com/chatter/montagny-suspended-fo...

Can't think of many other cases of drivers being banned for this in recent years.

[airbusA346]

Tomáš Enge has been done twice; in 2002 he tested positive for marijuana and was stripped of his F3000 title and in 2012 he tested positive for a banned substance.

[Magic919]

They haven't banned him yet.

[designndrive62]

Magic919 said:

They haven't banned him yet.

In e autosport article he is quoted as pretty much admitting to it and seemed pretty resigned to his career being over.

What a pleb, these guys have a massive privelege to do what they do and he has thrown it all away

[Matt Harper]

Jaime Melo likes the old nose-candy too.

[Janesy B]

Don't blame him, I think you'd need to be on at least coke/acid to find Formula E entertaining.

[FourWheelDrift]

PW said:

A. J. Allmendinger was suspended in 2012 after testing positive for amphetamines, but returned to racing after completing a rehab programme.

+ 10 others in NASCAR - http://www.buzzfeed.com/whoiswillo/ten-other-drive...

[Dr JonboyG]

I think what makes this worse than Enge is that cocaine only stays in the system for about 24 hours, so if he was tested at the track and failed, he'd been snorting pretty recently.

[Rude-boy]

Dr JonboyG said:

I think what makes this worse than Enge is that cocaine only stays in the system for about 24 hours, so if he was tested at the track and failed, he'd been snorting pretty recently.

This.

Very, very silly boy.

I am told that coke is the drug of choice for the racer that feels the need for something stronger than alcohol due to the swift departure from the system. I have even hear some people suggest that there are other drivers who are far better known to the general public who have been known to power their nose from time to time.

[FourWheelDrift]

Dr JonboyG said:

I think what makes this worse than Enge is that cocaine only stays in the system for about 24 hours, so if he was tested at the track and failed, he'd been snorting pretty recently.

He did it to try and make Formula E more exciting.

[thechosenfamily]

Dr JonboyG said:

I think what makes this worse than Enge is that cocaine only stays in the system for about 24 hours, so if he was tested at the track and failed, he'd been snorting pretty recently.

My research suggests it can stay in the urine for 2-4 days but I am happy to be wrong.

[DrTre]

Fool deserves a ban for taking coke...

Now if he'd taken pills then at least he'd have had some sort of defence about misunderstanding what formula e was all about.

[Jacobyte]

His late friend Sebastian Enjolras (killed at Le Mans in 1997) was banned for smoking pot. That group of French drivers were well known for pushing the limits both in and out of their cars.

[coppice]

Master James Hunt was no stranger to various stimulants. Nor was a very famous driver from the 50s who was offered stimulants to keep him awake on long events .It is curious how we bemoan the politically correct times and hark back to when racing had real characters but when we encounter somebody doing what their predecessors did we are swift to condemn .

[djroadboy]

coppice said:

Master James Hunt was no stranger to various stimulants. Nor was a very famous driver from the 50s who was offered stimulants to keep him awake on long events .It is curious how we bemoan the politically correct times and hark back to when racing had real characters but when we encounter somebody doing what their predecessors did we are swift to condemn .

This x1000!!!

Dan