This week, the authorized case strongly initiated by Felipe Massa in opposition to the FIA and FOM is underway, as he seeks compensation concerning the 2008 World Championship. The episode in query is clearly the Singapore crash gate, which allegedly influenced the ultimate end result, successfully costing the Brazilian the championship.
Through the Marina Bay race, driver Nelsinho Piquet reportedly induced a deliberate crash to permit his teammate, Fernando Alonso, to make a pit cease beneath the Security Automotive and consequently win the race. On that event, Felipe skilled a disastrous pit cease that induced him to lose essential factors within the title battle in opposition to Lewis Hamilton. Just lately, Bernie Ecclestone, then CEO of System 1, declared that he was conscious of this scandal orchestrated by Renault however determined to cowl it up.
The Worldwide Federation, as reported by RacingNews365, issued a doc explaining its stance on the motive force’s claims: “Mr. Massa’s requests are tortuous in addition to excessively formidable.” The previous Ferrari driver is reportedly demanding a big sum of cash and an acknowledgment of fault from the FIA.
“The multi-millionaire Brazilian citizen and resident has filed a declare on this jurisdiction of England and Wales, primarily based on an alleged violation of the FIA’s supranational rules, a non-public worldwide sporting group primarily based in France, in relation to occasions that occurred in the course of the Singapore Grand Prix over 17 years in the past, on September 28, 2008,” the assertion reads.
The FIA additionally emphasizes the tasks of Massa and Ferrari concerning the 2008 World Championship final result: “Mr. Massa’s declare overlooks a collection of errors dedicated by himself or his staff, Ferrari, in the course of the Singapore GP and in different Grand Prix that contributed to the second-place end within the Drivers’ Championship that season.”
Oct 29, 2025
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