Irish touring car driver suspended after failing doping control test

Motorsport Ireland and Sport Ireland have announced that Irish touring car racer Garreth Hayden has been suspended for 15 months after failing a doping control test for a metabolite of cocaine.

Hayden’s suspension is backdated to July 6th, when he was was provisionally suspended by Motorsport Ireland.

A statement released on behalf of Motorsport Ireland and Sport Ireland outlined the findings of the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel.

“In a doping control test immediately following his participation at the Irish Touring Car Championship in Mondello Park, he [ Hayden] provided a sample which tested positive for the presence of a prohibited substance, Benzoylecgonine (a metabolite of cocaine). Mr Hayden’s results from the 7th of June 2015 are also disqualified.”