Quote Originally Posted by PLuto View Post
Regarding flag on car of Gryazin - it is because doping problem in sport activities of Russian federation. So on all events on "world championship" level they cannot start under Russian flag. So they are starting under RAF (not Russian Athletics Federation, as mentioned, but it is Russian Automobile Federation).
So basically, it was such a wide problem that some world sport association of some form that the FIA need to answer to made this decision?

I can't imagine human doping is common in rallying. Vehicle doping on the other hand...