the brazilian Felipe Massa He claims to be the Formula 1 world champion of the 2008 season, and even threatens to stop being an “ambassador” of the category and go to court if he is not awarded the scepter.
According to him, in that season Nelson Piquet (dr.) intentionally crashed into the Singapore Grand Prix to benefit the Spanish Fernando Alonsowhich indirectly ended up hurting him.
The Formula 1 travels this weekend of its most passionate competition: the Italian Grand Prix, who will have his qualifying test this Saturday. like every time she arrives Monzathe expectation is enormous.
Ambassador status is something the organization assigns to renowned former pilots (Mika Hakkinen, Jacques Villeneuve and David Coulthardamong them), to whom he pays transfers and accommodation to represent it, showing up in the paddock, greeting personalities and wearing the logo of the Formula 1.
The category asked the Brazilian not to fulfill that function while in conflict, so as not to distract attention, since the media would be much more interested in the lawsuit that threatens to initiate, than in corporate formalities.
Massa’s claim to be champion
Massa claim the crown of World Cup 2008one who Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) he swiped the paulista from Ferrari in the last round of the year in the very same GP of Brazil, and right in São Paulo.
Massa does not object to that confusing definition, in which for a few seconds it was thought that he was the champion and then it was found out that he was not -Hamilton finished 5th and won the title by one point-, but rather the result of a previous race, that of Singaporein which his compatriot Nelson Piquet (dr.) intentionally crashed so that the Safety Car intervened and his partner in Renault, the Spanish, was favored Fernando Alonso.
In that interruption, Massa he entered the pits, suffered a problem with a fuel hose and eventually retired. Hamilton was 3rd and got points that would be decisive for him to achieve, at the end of the year, his first crown.
at the time, Bernie Ecclestonethe commercial promoter of the Formula 1, stated that the collision of piquet It had been expressly and that F1 and the International Automobile Federation (FIA) knew about it. He even later admitted it himself. piquet.
Massa He understands that if this irregular and punishable situation had not occurred – there were sanctions at the time – he would not have gone to the pit lane and would not have suffered the cause of desertion. He says he has nothing against Hamilton, but he will go to court if he is not reciprocated by the category… of which he is an ambassador.
“I lost my calm, because they had robbed me. Since then I have never been relaxed. I am the champion and I feel like this, the 16th Formula 1 champion with Ferrari. We showed in that season that we deserved it,” he argues. Massawhich alleges “moral damage” and “reputational damage” for not having been the winner of the 2008 World Cup.
Source: Ambito
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