McLaren poke fun at Felipe Massa for considering legal action over Lewis Hamilton’s 2008 F1 title win
Earlier this month, Massa - who went head-to-head for the world champꦫionship with Hamilton in 2008 - sensationally revealed he’s studying “what the laws say and the🍸 rules” as he looks for justice.
Massa lost out to Hamilton by just one-point in a dramatic season finale in Brazil, losing out as the British driver famously overtook Timo🐭 Glock on the last lap.
The point of contention goes back to Singapore that season, when the 🉐‘Crashgate’ scandal occurred.
Renault got their second driver - Nelson Piquet Jr - to crash deliberately to aid 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso’s chances.
Alonso ul🐲timately won the race, while Massa - who started the race from pole position - finished outside of the points.
Piquet Jr’s crash caused a 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Safety Car, which prompted Massa to come into the pit l♔ane for an unscheduled stop.
Ferrari faile💟d to detach the fuel hose from Massa’s car, ruining his race as he dropped out of the top eight.
🌠Massa’s argument is that if Sin♏gapore was voided, then he would have been champion, rather than Hamilton.
The former Ferrari ♕and Williams driver’s remarks come after Bernie Ecclestone’s stark revelation that he and former FIA president Max Mosely were aware of what went on.
Ec⛎clestone said: “We decided not to do anything, we wanted to protect the sport and save it from a huge sc♒andal.”
T🍬hus, Massa is considering legal action 15 years on from his memor🐟able title defeat.
“After 15 years,” he told Corriere dello Sport. “We hear that the [former] owner of the categꩲory says that he found out in 2008, together with the president of the FIA, and they did nothing [so as] to not tarnish the name of F1.
“This is very sad, to know the result of this race wa♋s supposed to be cancelled and I would have a title. In the end, I was the one who lost the most with this result. So, we are going after it to understand all this.
“But I intend to study the situation; study what the l🔴aws say, and the rules. We have to have an idea of what is possible💖 to do.”
McLaren have poked fun at Massa through their various social media channels, posting a video captiꦉoned: “denial is a river in ཧEgypt”.
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