Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa is still unhappy about the 2008 Drivers' Championship, which he narrowly lost to Lewis Hamilton.

In fact, the right situation is to cancel the result of that race. "That means it would never have happened for the championship standings. "I think if you've been punished for something that wasn't your fault, and it's the product of a robbery, a stolen race, justice has to be served. Hamilton went on to win the Drivers' Championship by an agonisingly narrow margin later in the season." "We had quite a fair battle throughout and I've always found him to be a fair driver. The Brazilian reopened the can of worms recently by discussing the prospect of taking legal action after former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone acknowledged that he may have made a mistake.

Bernie Ecclestone recently offered some fresh insight into the now-infamous 'crashgate' incident during the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.

Ecclestone also revealed that they had enough information in time to investigate the incident and according to the statutes, the race should have been cancelled; translating to Felipe Massa having gone on to become the world champion instead of Lewis Hamilton. Ecclestone's recent comments though suggest that both he and the FIA knew about the breach in rules even before the end of the 2008 season, which would have allowed them to alter the result of the race. At that time, Massa led the calls to cancel the result of the Singapore Grand Prix.

Felipe Massa is looking into legal options to challenge the controversial outcome of the 2008 Formula 1 world championship after comments from former F1 ...

'We had enough information in time to investigate the matter. So Hamilton was presented with the trophy and everything was fine. In the end, I was the one who lost the most with this result. We have to have an idea of what is possible to do.' It had pivotal implications as Massa eventually lost the championship by a point on the final day to Hamilton. We went to other lawyers and the answer was that nothing could be done.

Lewis Hamilton's first F1 title now has an asterisk attached to it, with Felipe Massa seeking legal action for the proceedings of the 2008 Singapore GP.

Felipe Massa had the opportunity in 2008 and it was taken away because of a fixed race in Singapore. From a sporting point of view, Felipe Massa should be the 2008 F1 world champion and the decision should be reversed. Lewis Hamilton losing the title because the race director wanted to end the race in green flag conditions was not a good look. All of this was taken away because F1 and the FIA opted to count a fixed race as part of the world championship. A career that went off the rails because of an errant spring in Hungary in 2009. The 2008 season was a year of defying expectations. It was a year where the Brazilian took on Lewis Hamilton, a driver who was destined to be an all-time great (and eventually became one), and held his own. Not many fans who have just started following the sport are even aware of the importance of 2008 in the Brazilian's career. Lewis Hamilton gained massively in a race where he was going to drop points to the The Brazillian had out-qualified Lewis Hamilton by a whopping .66 seconds for the race and was cruising to a win. Massa had no grounds to appeal due to the convoluted nature of the FIA's rules. This played a major role in the final result.