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Updated Tuesday, March 12, 2024-11:16

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This Monday , Felipe Massa

filed a lawsuit in the British courts against the International Automobile Federation (FIA) and the organizers of Formula One to "correct the historical injustice" of the 2008 world title, which

Lewis Hamilton

won , with one point. difference over the Brazilian.

In addition, he has sued the head of F1 at that time, the British businessman

Bernie Ecclestone

.

"I always said that I would fight until the end. Since the FIA ​​and the FOM ('Formula One Management', holder of the commercial rights of F1) did nothing,

we will seek the correction of this injustice in court

," Massa said in an interview with the 'Ge' portal.

The current Stock Car driver, the main category of Brazilian motorsport, presented the actions before the High Court of Justice in London.

"The matter is now with the lawyers, who are fully authorized to do whatever is necessary to ensure justice is done in sport," he added.

According to

O Globo

, Massa demands in both processes compensation of between 64 and 150 million pounds, which is equivalent to between

80 and 190 million dollars

.

The amount includes

prize money and other possible deals he could have gotten

as champion.

The Brazilian questions the result of the 2008 World Cup and specifically the

Singapore Grand Prix

, in which the Renault team bosses caused the Brazilian driver

Nelson Piquet Jr.

to crash to cause the safety car to enter the track, the case known as

crashgate

.

That maneuver allowed the comeback of his teammate, the Spanish

Fernando Alonso

, who won a race in which Massa was left out of the points.

Massa considers that that race prevented him from ultimately lifting the 2008 title, which Hamilton finally achieved with an advantage of just one point ahead of the Brazilian.

The former Ferrari driver already announced in April last year that he would study legal measures, after Ecclestone acknowledged that he and the then president of the FIA

​​Max Mosley

chose not to do anything, despite knowing about the irregularities committed in Singapore.

Previously, Piquet confessed what happened to the FIA, which then decided to expel Renault boss

Flavio Briatore

and strategist

Pat Symonds

, and exempt Piquet and Alonso, today an Aston Martin driver.