Felipe Massa has moved forward with plans to evaluate whether there are legal grounds for him to challenge the outcome of the 2008 F1 world championship. Full story ⬇️
, Massa has been spurred into action by comments from former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone suggesting that knowledge of the controversial 'crashgate' moment at the 2008 Singapore GP came early enough for action to be taken that season.win was formally investigated the following year, it was too late to go back and amend the race result.Ecclestone had said:"We had enough information in time to investigate the matter.
"But I intend to study the situation; study what the laws say, and the rules. We have to have an idea of what it is possible to do."Autosport has learned that Massa has now pulled together a team of lawyers to evaluate the situation and work out definitively if there are any grounds to take the matter further.
The FIA's own International Sporting Code does not allow protests after a race and any right to request a review expires 14 calendar days after a competition – and four days prior to the date of that year's FIA prize-giving ceremony.
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