Felipe Massa moves to court over 2008 F1 Championship controversy to seek compensation for his lost victory
Felipe Massa has now moved to court to get compensation over his missed F1 World Championship win.
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While the Formula One season is currently on a break, it does not mean that the world of the highest league of motor racing is seeing any less action. The drama has now moved from the race tracks to the courtroom as a fierce legal battle is about to go down between once-rivals Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa. The focal point of all this is the controversial 2008 F1 World Championship. It was Lewis’ debut win of the coveted trophy, but for quite a few F1 fans, Felipe Massa deserved it more.
Even though the entire matter was swept under the rug for a long time, the controversy arose once more as former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone made a huge confession regarding it. He said the former FIA President Max Mosley as well as he himself knew that Nelson Piquet’s crash was a planned move, but they did not act on it. As a result, the crash cost Felipe Massa some vital points and he was unsuccessful in his only chance to go for the World Championship win.
The Brazilian former racer’s legal team went into action to make sure Felipe Massa gets fair compensation for the injustice metted out to him. As reported by Reuters, they presented an 8-page-long Letter Before Claim to Stefano Domenicali and Mohammed Ben Sulayem. It said, “Simply put, Mr Massa is the rightful 2008 Driver’s Champion, and F1 and FIA deliberately ignored the misconduct that cheated him out of that title.”
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The FIA choose not to comment on Felipe Massa’s claim ‘at this stage’
Felipe Massa has hired a London-based law firm called Enyo Law to make sure the battle against the FIA is won. They had stated, “Mr Massa is unable to fully quantify his losses at this stage but estimates that they are likely to exceed tens of millions of Euros. This amount does not cover the serious moral and reputational losses suffered by Mr Massa.” The FIA have already received the ‘correspondence’ from Felipe Massa’s team, but they are not ready to comment on it yet, as mentioned by one of their spokespersons.
Thus, the legal battle between Felipe Massa and the FIA is now underway, with the weights tilted towards the Brazilian. His legal ammunition, backed by a London-based Enyo firm looks ready to have a fight to fix his claim. It only remains to be seen how the FIA refute Massa’s demands now that Bernie Ecclestone himself has agreed there was a defect in the results of the Singapore Grand Prix in 2008.
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