Bad news for Felipe Massa? Bernie Ecclestone ‘doesn’t remember’ key ‘Crashgate’ interview
The incident allowed168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Fernando Alonso to win the inaugural race in Singapore from 14th on the grid - Renault’s firstꦿ of the season.
A year later, it soon transpired that Piquet Jr. had crashed on purpose to aid🌸 Alonso’s chances.
The effect of Piquet Jr.⛦ crashing deliberatel𒊎y was enormous for the championship battle as Felipe Massa was forced to pit prematurely.
During the pit stop, the fuel hose got stuck in Massa’s Ferrari, dropping him from race-winning contention to the back of t🅷he grid, with the race one of the reasons he ultimately lost out on the title to Lew🔯is Hamilton.
15 years lateꦰr, Mass༺a is pursuing legal action with lawyers seeking compensation for what happened in Singapore.
Massa decided to go down the legal route after Ecclestone revealed in an interview with F1-Insider that he and former FIA president Max Mosley were🌟 aware of what happened but couldn’t act on it.
Ecclestone has since denied giving the interview.
“I don't remember any of this, to be honest. I don't remember givingౠ the interview, for sure,ꦛ" he told Reuters.
What did Ecclestone say in the interview?
Back in March, Ecclestone told F1-Insider: “We wanted to protect the sport and save it from a hu🌟ge scandal꧑.
“At the time, the rule was that a world championship standings were untouchable after the FIA awards ceremony at the end of the year. So Hamilton was offered the trop♐hy and everything was fine.
“I still f🔯eel sorry for Massa today. He won the final in his home race in Sao Paulo and did everything right. He was robbed of the title he deserved while Hamilton had all the luck in the world and won his first championship.
“Today I would have settled it differently. That is why, for me, Michael Schumacher is still the sole record h🙈older. Even if the statistics say otherwise.”
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