“Only Cares About Money”: Reminding Massa of His $100,000 Sins, F1 Megalomaniac Berates $13,000,000 Lawsuit Against Hamilton

Bernie Ecclestone recently took the chance to berate Felipe Massa’s lawsuit once again. Massa filed a lawsuit against the governing body of F1 regarding the crashgate incident from 2008. The whole suit was based on Bernie Ecclestone’s comments advising the authorities knew about the incident before the season ended. However, the F1 megalomaniac recently withdrew his statement leaving Massa to dry out on a stick and now he berated the $13 million lawsuit against Lewis Hamilton by reminding Massa of $100,000 sins.

Ecclestone is back once again with his ferocious statement. This time, he decided to take a jab at the Brazilian by reminding him of the $100,000 sins. We’re talking about the incident that happened in Germany during the race where team orders were sent Felipe Massa’s way as he was asked to let Fernando Alonso by. Ferrari was fined $100,000 for the same. It was advised that this isn’t the first time someone cheated as this 2010 incident was brought up. 

As Bernie Ecclestone threw this jab, he also advised that Felipe Massa’s suit is all about money and that’s what he cares about. He tore the $13,000,000 lawsuit to shreds as according to blick.ch he advised, “The Massa clan only cares about money. But the chances of that happening are zero.” [translated via Google]

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The 2010 season was full of ups and downs. Fernando Alonso just lost the championship to Sebastian Vettel by 4 points. In such scenarios, you can imagine what the situation would’ve been like. Any little advantage would’ve been huge. While letting your teammate pass isn’t a huge deal, it was back in 2010 when the championship was on the line. Felipe Massa was even warned before the Brazilian GP.

Felipe Massa was threatened by a Brazilian prosecutor in 2010

Recall how Sergio Perez let Max Verstappen pass at the 2021 Abu Dhabi GP after defending against Lewis Hamilton? That would’ve been a huge controversy back in 2010. 4 drivers were in the fight for the title going into the final race. Felipe Massa’s comments advising that he will let Fernando Alonso through received a lot of attention, not necessarily the good kind as a Brazilian prosecutor threatened the Ferrari driver.

According to ESPN, Paulo Catilho, the prosecutor before the 2010 Brazilian GP said, “Massa or any other driver who does anything to fraud the result of the race can be arrested and formally charged. It doesn’t mean that it will happen, it will be up to the local authority in charge of the event to decide whether the law has been broken.”

What do you think about Bernie Ecclestone’s recent comments?

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