{"id":98849,"date":"2023-09-13T21:49:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T21:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=98849"},"modified":"2023-09-13T21:49:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T21:49:17","slug":"felipe-massas-lawyers-hoping-for-support-from-lewis-hamilton-in-bid-to-strip-brit-of-2008-f1-world-championship-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/sport\/felipe-massas-lawyers-hoping-for-support-from-lewis-hamilton-in-bid-to-strip-brit-of-2008-f1-world-championship-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Felipe Massa\u2019s lawyers \u2018hoping for support from LEWIS HAMILTON\u2019 in bid to strip Brit of 2008 F1 world championship | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
FELIPE MASSA\u2019S lawyers are hopeful of support from Lewis Hamilton in the Brazilian\u2019s bid to strip the Brit of his 2008 F1 title.<\/strong><\/p>\n Former driving star Massa has launched a legal challenge over the result of that year\u2019s championship.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He lost out to Hamilton by one single point in the standings.<\/p>\n And Massa wants the crown to be his following the Singapore GP\u2019s \u201cCrashgate\u201d incident, where Nelson Piquet Jr deliberately crashed to help teammate Fernando Alonso.<\/p>\n The race delay saw Massa go from first place to 13th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n And he feels the race should have been cancelled, with F1 chiefs missing a deadline to respond to his legal bid last week.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Massa has already acquired a legal team featuring a barrister who worked on Newcastle\u2019s takeover in 2021.<\/p>\n And his lawyer Bernardo Viana is now hoping that seven-time world champ Hamilton will throw his weight behind Massa\u2019s challenge \u2013 despite victory meaning he would lose one of his titles.<\/p>\n Viana told Reuters: \u201cHamilton is an honorary Brazilian citizen and very well-liked by Brazilians, so I hope he will support us.<\/p>\n \u201cHe is an important ambassador for the sport and has always defended sporting integrity.<\/p>\n <\/picture>CAR BLIMEY <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>JUST CHILLING <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>KELL OF A LOOK <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>LOST TRACK <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n CASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERS<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWe have absolutely nothing against Hamilton.\u201d<\/p>\n Viana also reckons there is more evidence to come regarding F1\u2019s failure to cancel the 2008 Singapore GP.<\/p>\n He added: \u201cThe objective is to bring the trophy home. It\u2019s not financial.<\/p>\n \u201cTo get there, several measures will be taken with different aims, some to obtain information and others to obtain statements.<\/p>\n \u201cWe want everything that happened in 2008\/09 to come to light.<\/p>\n \u201cWe understand that there is even more information that has not been made public.<\/p>\n \u201cFelipe has nothing against Hamilton, absolutely nothing. This case is against what was done by the previous leadership at FOM and FIA.\u201d<\/p>\nREAD MORE ON F1<\/span><\/h2>\n
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