{"id":298524,"date":"2023-12-06T17:54:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T17:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=298524"},"modified":"2023-12-06T17:54:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T17:54:42","slug":"fresh-allegations-lewis-hamilton-race-result-was-rigged-to-help-title-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/racing\/f1\/fresh-allegations-lewis-hamilton-race-result-was-rigged-to-help-title-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh allegations Lewis Hamilton race result was ‘rigged’ to help title win"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former Ferrari and FIA chief Jean Todt has backed\u00a0Felipe Massa in the Brazilian\u2019s ongoing legal battle with the FIA over the result of the 2008 F1 World Championship. Massa is seeking compensation from the association for Nelson Piquet Jr\u2019s “deliberate accident” at the Singapore Grand Prix that caused him to lose the Drivers’ Championship that year to Lewis Hamilton.<\/p>\n

Massa\u2019s lawyer, Bernardo Viana, had given the FIA until mid-October to respond to a Letter Before Claim sent to them in August. The deadline has since been extended with a verdict on whether or not the case could go to court expected later this month. If it does go to court, Hamilton could potentially face being stripped of his world title.<\/p>\n

“The objective is to bring the trophy home. It’s not financial,\u201d Viana told\u00a0Motorsport.com. “To get there, several measures will be taken with different aims, some to obtain information and others to obtain statements. We want everything that happened in 2008\/09 to come to light.<\/p>\n

“We are quite confident in the evidence we have, without prejudice to the additional ones we are looking for, and without prejudice to everything that will come to light. We understand that there is even more information that has not been made public.”<\/p>\n

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Todt, who served as\u00a0Ferrari\u2019s General Manager of Racing between 1993 and 2007, believes\u00a0the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix was “rigged” and has sided with his former driver. \u201cI won\u2019t get into the controversy, but it was very hard for him psychologically,\u201d Todt told Italian newspaper\u00a0La Stampa.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe we could have been tougher when the story became known, but there is no doubt that the Singapore Grand Prix was rigged, and should have been cancelled.\u201d<\/p>\n

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