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Felipe Massa is not shy to denounce the result of the 2008 Singapore F1 GP, even though he and Fernando Alonso are now team mates.
Massa had a problem during a pit stop that was triggered by Renault's Nelson Piquet's notoriously deliberate crash and pace car deployment.
Piquet's team mate, Alonso, won the race before the 'crashgate' scandal claimed the scalps of Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds.
RESULT MANUFACTURED
The saga ultimately cost Massa the 2008 World championship, which he lost to Lewis Hamilton by one point.
Massa has always been outspoken about 'crashgate', but has eased up over the years. During an interview with the Spanish media, he spoke about the incident.
"Yeah, what happened hurt me because when you lose the title by so small a margin you start looking back and one of the things that was an influence was Singapore," he told AS.
"Everyone knows that result was manipulated by what happened. Singapore 2008 was false but the result was real."
THE PAST IS THE PAST
"Have I spoken to Fernando about it? He knows and I know how the world works. The past is the past. I have answered 45 000 times what I think about it," Massa told Globo Esporte.
Alonso, who counts Singapore 2008 as a real victory, told Marca he and Massa have never talked about the controversy.
"Yes, in 2008 Felipe lost points here, but he also lost points in Hungary when his engine failed with three laps to go," he said.
"When you lose a championship by one point you remember all those things. When I look back at last year I remember all the reasons why I lost the title as well."
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Massa had a problem during a pit stop that was triggered by Renault's Nelson Piquet's notoriously deliberate crash and pace car deployment.
Piquet's team mate, Alonso, won the race before the 'crashgate' scandal claimed the scalps of Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds.
RESULT MANUFACTURED
The saga ultimately cost Massa the 2008 World championship, which he lost to Lewis Hamilton by one point.
Massa has always been outspoken about 'crashgate', but has eased up over the years. During an interview with the Spanish media, he spoke about the incident.
"Yeah, what happened hurt me because when you lose the title by so small a margin you start looking back and one of the things that was an influence was Singapore," he told AS.
"Everyone knows that result was manipulated by what happened. Singapore 2008 was false but the result was real."
THE PAST IS THE PAST
"Have I spoken to Fernando about it? He knows and I know how the world works. The past is the past. I have answered 45 000 times what I think about it," Massa told Globo Esporte.
Alonso, who counts Singapore 2008 as a real victory, told Marca he and Massa have never talked about the controversy.
"Yes, in 2008 Felipe lost points here, but he also lost points in Hungary when his engine failed with three laps to go," he said.
"When you lose a championship by one point you remember all those things. When I look back at last year I remember all the reasons why I lost the title as well."
Stay with Wheels24 for the F1 weekend.