{"id":95532,"date":"2023-11-03T10:09:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T10:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=95532"},"modified":"2023-11-03T10:09:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T10:09:17","slug":"lewis-hamilton-learns-deadline-for-felipe-massa-court-decision-over-2008-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/racing\/lewis-hamilton-learns-deadline-for-felipe-massa-court-decision-over-2008-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton learns deadline for Felipe Massa court decision over 2008 title"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lewis Hamilton commits to Mercedes until 2025<\/h3>\n

Felipe Massa has confirmed that November 15 is the date that Formula One Management (FOM) and the FIA have to respond and provide evidence as the Brazilian attempts to get the 2008 title overturned. Massa has insisted that he is not interested in financial compensation from the case but wants to be recognised as a world champion.<\/p>\n

Lewis Hamilton\u2019s first title 15 years ago came in contentious circumstances, after former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone admitted that he along with then-race director Charlie Whiting and FIA president at the time Max Mosley knew of Renault\u2019s decision to purposefully crash in Singapore – but opted to keep it quiet.<\/p>\n

Nelson Piquet Jr deliberately crashed to help his team-mate Fernando Alonso win, but it resulted in a safety car and botched pit stop for Massa who dropped from race leader to 13th. This impacted the title, which Massa lost by a single point to Hamilton, and Ecclestone’s comments prompted him to start legal action.<\/p>\n

He has already called on the Mercedes star to speak up in the face of \u201cinjustice\u201d. Massa was asked by PlanetF1 whether or not he was worried that crucial documents had been destroyed or misplaced as he updated the timeline for the case.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m not worried about that, because I\u2019m sure there are so many things inside, there are so many things that we know already, and my team knows already,\u201d Massa replied. \u201cSo many things that, if it goes to the court, it will come out. So many things related to my case, so many things not related to my case but other politics as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are waiting for FOM and the FIA to answer all of the documents and everything that we asked them. They\u2019ve already asked twice to extend, but now is the last time. So, after the 15th of November, we need to have that answer, and we will decide if that\u2019s enough for us or if we need to go to court.\u201d<\/p>\n