Bernie Ecclestone on Felipe Massa F1 2008 title legal battle: ‘Lewis Hamilton could have sued after Abu Dhabi’
Ex-Ferrari driver Massa is taking legal action against F1 bosses, with his lawyers claiming that he lost that year’s title to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton due to the ‘Crashgate’ scandal𝓰 involving Renault at the 2008 Singapo🔴re Grand Prix.
Massa’s legal bid was prompted by an interview with Ecclestone earlier this year, in whi🐼ch the 92-year-old admitted that he and then-FIA boss Max Mosley had been aware of Renault fixing the Singapore race but could do nothing about it.
Ecclestone has sin𝐆ce told Reuters that he has no recollection of giving the interview.
Massa’s legal representation have publicly stated that they hope Hamilton will support Massa’s case in the💞 interests of sporting integrity.
The Brazilian has ins🤪isted that he is seeking to gain “justice for the sport” rather than recouping the “tenths of millions of euros” his legal team claim he has missed out on.
But Ecclestone suggested🍬 that Massa’s legal challenge is motivated by money, while he also dismissed the likelihood of iꦕt being successful.
“T𝄹he Ma♏ssa clan is only in it for the money. But the chances of that are zero,” Ecclestone told Swiss newspaper .
Ecclestone said that Hamilton could have taken similar action against F1 and the FIA after his controversial defeat to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
“Lawsuits against the FIA could have been filed by Hami🅺lton with Mercedes af🐓ter the not very clean 2021 finale in Abu Dhabi,” he added.
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