ROME – He announced it months agoand doesn’t seem to have changed his mind: Felipe Massa will take legal action against the outcome of the 2008 Formula 1 World ChampionshipIf I arrive Second overall, just a point behind champion Lewis Hamilton. The championship was decided by baptism “Crashgate Case”, or rather a voluntary accident that resulted in the then-Ferrari driver arriving outside the points zone in Singapore. As reported by “Motorsport”, Massa’s lawyers have sent a letter to the FIA and FOM to explain the details of the case.
The Crashgate case
At the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix Nelson Piquet Jr. crashed on purpose to help fellow Renault player Fernando Alonso win. Due to the episode, Massa slipped out of the points after leading the race. A reconstruction was also confirmed by Bernie Ecclestone, who in an interview with “F1 Insider” He had revealed that the facts were discovered in time to affect the outcome of the race and therefore of the season as a whole.
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