Webber a lone voice
Mark Webber has renewed calls for Formula One drivers to be drug tested after fellow Australian, Moto2 rider Anthony West, was found guilty of using a prohibited substance. “I’ve always been championing the idea to do more of it, but the FIA have never really been that strong on it,” Webber said (news.com.au). Clearly in the wake of the Lance Armstrong revelations it is utter naivety from the FIA not to have a serious programme of testing in place.
One issue is consensus as Webber explains, “The other drivers have never been super strong on it, so it’s never really been a huge issue”. Well, when the lunatics run the madhouse – that’s always the argument.
The FIA became Signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code (the “Code”) in December 2010, thus joining the family of the major international sporting federations. It claims to have followed ‘the code’ since 2006, but was not signed up to it, why is anyones guess.
