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<\/a><\/p>\nFelipe Massa, Bahrain GP 2007
\u00a9 The Cahier Archive<\/p>\n
The former F1 supremo, who turns 95 on the opening day of the October 28 hearings, told The Times there was never a mechanism for cancelling the controversial Singapore GP that year – despite Massa’s claims the race should have been annulled.<\/p>\n
There is no way in the world anyone could change or cancel that race, Ecclestone said. “There were no provisions for that to happen.<\/p>\n
Max (Mosley) knew there was not enough evidence at the time to do anything.<\/p>\n
He insisted the late FIA president had not sought a cover-up. Max was not saying we should cover this up but just that it was not good for the image of Formula 1, Ecclestone added.<\/p>\n
Massa, the Brazilian ex-Ferrari driver, who narrowly lost the 2008 title to Lewis Hamilton, argues the Renault team’s deliberate crash should have voided the race – a stance bolstered last year when Ecclestone was quoted in Germany saying Hamilton shouldn’t have been champion.<\/p>\n
But the Briton now says that comment has been misused. <\/p>\n
This was an interview I gave to someone in Germany. The guy at the time, his English wasn’t that good and he was taking notes. It was picked up by someone in England, Ecclestone explained.<\/p>\n
I didn’t even remember the bloody interview until the lawyers submitted it. The lawyers for myself, the FIA and F1 do not understand how it can be heard in a court.<\/p>\n
Massa, 44, continues to call the affair a conspiracy that harmed both himself and Brazil, framing his legal action as a moral fight for justice and a precedent for the future.<\/p>\n
He is claiming tens of millions in damages.<\/p>\n
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