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Former driver Felipe Massa said he's filed a lawsuit in London against auto racing governing body the FIA, series owner Formula One Management and Bernie Ecclestone to try and claim the 2008 title.
The wrecked Renault R28 car driven by Nelson Piquet Jr. at the centre of the controversy. The Renault Formula One crash controversy, dubbed as "Crashgate" by some in the media, [1] [2] was a sporting scandal caused when Renault F1 driver Nelson Piquet Jr. deliberately crashed during the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix to give a sporting advantage to his Renault teammate, Fernando Alonso.
The crash caused a safety car to come in with Massa in the lead and squandered his advantage. ... Mr. Massa is the rightful 2008 champion, and F1 and the FIA deliberately ignored the misconduct ...
Massa decided to take action following an interview by former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone in March in which he said he learned in 2008 that the crash had been deliberate — long before Piquet Jr ...
Massa's helmet was blue with a fluorescent yellow X on the sides and a yellow triangle that covers the upper helmet with the top section coloured with a green gradient (prior to F1, this section was blue), in Ferrari early years until 2010, Massa's helmet featured also a white ring surrounding the top.
Fisichella, Ralf Schumacher, Massa, the Jaguar duo of Pedro de la Rosa and Eddie Irvine, Frentzen, Salo and Renault's Jenson Button foallowed in third through tenth. [ 27 ] Takuma Sato (pictured in 2005) crashed in the third practice session and drove the spare Jordan EJ12 car for qualifying.
Felipe Massa’s lawyers have started legal action against Formula 1 and the FIA over the 2008 F1 title loss to Lewis Hamilton, seeking substantial damages following that year’s “Crashgate ...
On lap 36 Massa set the fastest lap of the race, a 1:13.736. [37] Timo Glock was fuelled so he could complete the race without stopping again at his pit stop on lap 36. [26] Massa was the first of the championship frontrunners to pit, on lap 38; Alonso and Hamilton made pit stops two laps after.