Singapore 2008: Massa feels wronged

Felipe Massa could not remain without reaction to the outcome of the sanctions pronounced against Renault in the “crashgate” affair. The Brazilian, vice world champion in 2008 with only one point behind Lewis Hamilton, thinks that the situation would have been completely different without the intentional accident of Nelson Piquet Jr. For Felipe Massa, this race is a theft and the result should be invalidated. An invalidation which would, in fact, give him the world title.

On the Brazilian channel Globo, Felipe Massa judged Renault's behavior during this Grand Prix to be “ugly” and thinks that the result from the Malaysian peninsula distorted the championship. “ It is not fair. This flight changed the championship. I only lost by one point. » Indeed, thirteenth in the Singapore Grand Prix, Felipe Massa lost six points on Lewis Hamilton on this occasion, the Briton having finished on the third step of the podium. If the result of this race were annulled, Felipe Massa would therefore be the driver who won the most points in 2008, five points ahead of Lewis Hamilton.

In addition, the Brazilian expressed his dissatisfaction with the lightness of the sentence against Renault. Massa said those behind the cheating incident had not been punished enough. “ I saw the case of a football referee paid to have influenced the result of a match and all the matches he was able to influence had their results invalidated. The team that was responsible was relegated to Serie B, Italy. Just like Juventus (Turin), who were relegated three years ago because they paid the referee for the same purpose. But here, all they (the FIA ​​World Council) have done is send [Flavio] Briatore home. I don't understand and I don't think what happened is right. »

Concerning the case of his compatriot, Nelson Piquet Jr, responsible for the accident which influenced the result of Singapore 2008, Felipe Massa is understanding but not too much. “ He knew he was going to be fired. It?s very ugly to ask a pilot to crash in order to agree to renew his contract. But he recognized his mistake and that's a good thing, even if he did it a little late for my taste. In fact, he told the truth because he was fired. That?s not good. »