Felipe Massa’s lawyer called on Lewis Hamilton to support his client’s lawsuit claiming the 2008 championship

Because he was focusing on the lawsuit claiming the 2008 F1 championship, Felipe Massa did not go to the Interlagos racetrack to watch the Sao Paolo 2023 GP race.

Photo: Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton before the final race of the 2008 F1 season in Brazil

We all know that in recent years in the world Lewis Hamilton has been a pioneer in movements protesting injustice, calling for equality, diversity, etc. Hamilton is also the one who suffered mental shock. terrible after the 2021 Abu Dhabi GP race, a race where the outcome is determined by the referee’s decisions.

Perhaps because of that, not long ago, Bernardo Viana, Felipe Massa’s lawyer, called on Lewis Hamilton to speak out in support of Massa’s lawsuit to claim the 2008 championship. Surely longtime F1 viewers, when Reading this news will feel… funny:

‘This incident is absolutely not aimed at Lewis Hamilton’.

‘He is one of the most important image ambassadors of this F1 sport. He always tried to protect purity in sports.’

‘Furthermore, he is also an honorary citizen of Brazil. He loves the country and people of Brazil. So I hope he will support us.’

Former F1 driver Felipe Massa rekindled his intention to claim the 2008 F1 championship title after former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone revealed that he and senior officials at the FIA had long known the details of the Crashgate incident in Singapore 2008, but tried trying to hide it for fear of affecting the image of F1 sport.

If the procedure is followed correctly, the results of that race will be canceled. This means that Felipe Massa is the season champion, not Hamilton.

It is currently unclear at what stage Massa’s lawsuit has reached. In this case, the most important witnesses were senior officials of the FIA and F1 at that time, such as Bernie Ecclestone, who was old and weak (93 years old), while Max Mosley (former FIA president) or Charlie Whiting (former head of the referee committee) have all passed away.

Because of this incident, the F1 organizers asked Massa not to go to Monza to watch the Italian GP race, perhaps to avoid inciting Ferrari’s enthusiastic fans.

The Brazilian racer also proactively did not come to watch the ‘home’ race of GP Sao Paolo.

‘The only race that the F1 organizers asked me not to go to was the race at Monza. At that time, I also planned to go watch the race in Japan, but due to work, I didn’t go.’

The F1 organizers and I have had no contact with each other since before the Monza race until now.’

‘I believe I will not ride GP Sao Paolo. If I were invited to attend as an ambassador, I would probably go. But until now I haven’t received any invitations.’

‘I have 100% respect for what is going on. So maybe this is not the right time to go watch that race.’