Australian Moto2 star Anthony West has been caught using the banned substance methylhexaneamine and has been banned from competition for a month.
Following FIM anti-doping controls carried out at Le Mans, one of West's sample contained the substance which is includined in ‘S.6b Specified Stimulants’ prohibited in competition, and thereby infringed Art 2.1 of the 2012 FIM Anti-Doping Code.
An FIM statement said: "Following the hearing of the rider, the CDI decided to disqualify Anthony West from the French round of the 2012 FIM Moto2 World Championship, held on 20 May in Le Mans.
"In addition, the CDI imposes on the rider a sanction of one month’s period of ineligibility to compete in any meeting authorised or organised by the FIM or any FIM-affiliated federation or body or in any competitions authorised or organised by any international or national level meeting organisation, from 30 October 2012."
Methylhexaneamine is increasingly being found in nutritional supplements, typically those that are designed to increase energy or aid weight loss so it is more than likely West didn't know he had taken it.
