Ex-Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa has revealed that he’s expecting help from Ferrari in his pursuit to have the 2008 World Championship overturned, amid the recent ‘Crashgate’ drama. Massa has put together a “team of very strong lawyers” to fight the results of the 2008 championship, which was ridiculed by controversy. The former Ferrari driver
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Former Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa has expressed his desire for justice in the long-standing ‘crashgate’ controversy that surrounds the 2008 Formula 1 season. While Massa harbors no ill will towards Lewis Hamilton, his former F1 rival, he remains steadfast in his belief that the championship title rightfully belongs to him due to the manipulation
MoreEx-Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa has slammed Renault’s ‘Crashgate’ penalty as “bulls***”, with the Brazilian set to take legal action against F1 and the FIA. ‘Crashgate’, was the name given to an incident which happened during the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, in what is one of the biggest scandals in the history of the sport.
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Lewis Hamilton has admitted that he’s “not really focussed” on Felipe Massa’s legal action over the outcome of the 2008 World Championship, with the seven-time World Champion instead focussing on this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix. Hamilton enters the Dutch GP this weekend having enjoyed a relaxing summer break, despite an awful lot having happened in
MoreThe spectre of revisiting the outcome of the 2008 Formula 1 championship, altered by the unfolding ‘Crashgate’ saga, has prompted Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur to express reservations about the consequences of altering historical results more than a decade later. Vasseur’s comments come in the wake of Felipe Massa’s legal action seeking a reassessment of
MoreFred Vasseur, the Ferrari team principal, has offered fresh insight into his team’s perspective on Felipe Massa’s lawsuit against F1 and the FIA. The 42-year-old launched legal proceedings against these two organisations after new information about the ‘Crashgate’ scandal of 2008 surfaced. ‘Crashgate’ occurred at the 2008 Singapore GP, when Renault F1 driver Nelson Piquet
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After months of deliberating whether he should take legal action or not, ex-Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa is taking legal action against F1 and FIA bosses, over the 2008 season. Massa finished second in the Drivers’ Championship in 2008, after losing out to Lewis Hamilton. However, the Brazilian’s lawyers believe that he’s the “rightful” Champion
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Former Formula 1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone has insisted that he cannot “remember” giving a very important interview, which is vital to imminent legal action. Ex-F1 driver Felipe Massa is currently pursuing legal action against F1 and the FIA, following comments supposedly made by the 92-year-old. Ecclestone is quoted as to having said that himself and
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This weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix is by far the most prestigious and historic event on the Formula 1 calendar, with it arguably being the one race which every driver would do anything to claim victory at. The tight and twisty nature of the Circuit de Monaco means that the drivers are perhaps having to concentrate
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Ex-Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa is pushing on with his legal action to have the results from the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix declared null and void, with the Brazilian believing he was “clearly wronged” by what happened on that controversial day. It was at the Marina Bay Circuit in 2008 where ‘Crashgate’ was born, after
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