“No Shame at All”: Felipe Massa Gets Backlash From Fans as His Legal Action on Crashgate Termed as “Free Championship” Attempt

The Cut-throat nature of F1 is responsible for making the drivers shameless. Regardless, it is upon one’s self to approach things rather than blaming the environment. Lewis Hamilton’s world came crashing down after he unfairly lost the 2021 title yet was classy enough to congratulate Max Verstappen. Felipe Massa, however, is being called somewhat of a disgraceful and shameless man as he takes a step forward toward the crash gate lawsuit. The fans have slandered the Brazilian in his attempt to win a free championship.

The crash gate incident of 2008 is all about Nelson Piquet Jr. deliberately crashing into the wall to help his teammate Fernando Alonso. Felipe Massa did contest back then to remove Singapore’s result from the championship. This would’ve made him the champion. However, the FIA had already distributed the prizes and was not ready to make changes until recently, when Bernie Ecclestone mentioned that F1 and FIA had enough proof to investigate the crash gate incident but kept it a secret to protect the sport.

Felipe Massa had earlier promised to take the 2008 championship result to the court in light of Bernie Ecclestone’s recent comments. The Brazilian has now taken a step further as the news suggests that he is assembling a team of Lawyers to challenge F1 in court. Furthermore, the report also states that Massa would not be making any further public comments about this incident.

According to racingnews365.com, motorsports.com mentioned, “Massa has now assembled a team of lawyers who are now actively investigating the case in more detail.” Further adding and suggesting that the same report also states that Massa will now no longer be making public statements about the case.

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The Former Ferrari driver received backlash from fans as he moves forward with the lawsuit. The F1 community suggests his legal actions as an attempt at winning a free championship after the Brazilian failed to win even a single championship. Let’s see what the fans had to say.

Fans react to Felipe Massa assembling a team of Lawyers

Fans took to Twitter to express their concern and displeasure over Felipe Massa’s next move forward in terms of the Lawsuit. Many fans called Massa’s actions shameless, suggesting they lost whatever little respect they had for him. Others called his supporters shameless who are trying to get a free championship and being proud of it. Let’s see how the fans reacted on Twitter:

Many were quick to defend Lewis Hamilton while referring to the 2021 championship robbery. Some asked Massa to swallow the ill as what’s done is done.

Some suggested that Mass deserved the title, but it wasn’t Hamilton’s fault, it was Renault’s. Hence, Lewis’ championship should not be affected. While others suggested that nothing will come out of this lawsuit.

Someone recommended that Felipe Massa might now get the title out of it but will surely be given a big fat cheque if he proves his case. What happens next in this saga will be interesting to see.

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What do you make of Felipe Massa’s move to assemble a team of Lawyers?