Felipe Massa considers legal avenue to dispute 2008 WDC results based upon Bernies recent interview where he revealed they knew they should have cancelled the 2008 Singapore GP results, which would have then given Massa the championship, but they wanted to avoid a scandal and give the championship to Hamilton so they didnt do anything
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Massa to look into legal options over 2008 F1 title outcome
Felipe Massa has revealed that he plans to evaluate whether there are any legal routes that could help him challenge the outcome of the 2008 Formula 1 world championship that he lost to Lewis Hamilton.
>In an interview with the F1-Insider website last month, Ecclestone said he and then FIA president Max Mosley knew of the situation “during the 2008 season.”
>He added: “We decided not to do anything for now. We wanted to protect the sport and save it from a huge scandal. That's why I used angelic tongues to persuade my former driver Nelson Piquet to keep calm for the time being.
> “Back then, there was a rule that a world championship classification after the FIA awards ceremony at the end of the year was untouchable. So Hamilton was presented with the trophy and everything was fine.
>“We had enough information in time to investigate the matter. According to the statutes, we should have cancelled the race in Singapore under these conditions.
>“That means it would never have happened for the championship standings. And then Felipe Massa would have become world champion and not Lewis Hamilton.”
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