Massa says Alonso's Singapore win was title 'robbery'
Oct 2, 2009 | 12:42 PM
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Massa says Alonso's Singapore win was title 'robbery'
Wow talk about awkward
Massa says Alonso's Singapore win was title 'robbery'
Felipe Massa has got his 2010 pairing at Ferrari with Fernando Alonso off to an awkward start, asserting that the Spaniard's controversial win in Singapore last year "robbed" him of the world championship.
The Brazilian, who is recuperating from serious head injuries and set to return as Alonso's teammate next season, suggested that the 28-year-old should have been disqualified as the winner of F1's first night race over the 'crash-gate' affair.
"All of what happened was robbery -- but regarding the race nothing has happened, the result remains the same. This is not right," Massa, who like Alonso is 28, told Brazilian Globo television.
"The robbery changed the outcome of a championship and I lost (the title)," he added, referring to Ferrari's botched pitstop that was triggered by the safety car period to clear Nelson Piquet's deliberately crashed Renault.
Massa said he cannot understand why F1's results are set in stone just weeks after the end of each championship, even when serious race-fixing later comes to light.
"I have seen in football how a referee took money to throw a game and all the suspect results were annulled," he charged.
"In Italy, Juventus were relegated. But here (in F1) they just sent Briatore home. I don't get it and I don't think it was right."
The Brazilian, who is recuperating from serious head injuries and set to return as Alonso's teammate next season, suggested that the 28-year-old should have been disqualified as the winner of F1's first night race over the 'crash-gate' affair.
"All of what happened was robbery -- but regarding the race nothing has happened, the result remains the same. This is not right," Massa, who like Alonso is 28, told Brazilian Globo television.
"The robbery changed the outcome of a championship and I lost (the title)," he added, referring to Ferrari's botched pitstop that was triggered by the safety car period to clear Nelson Piquet's deliberately crashed Renault.
Massa said he cannot understand why F1's results are set in stone just weeks after the end of each championship, even when serious race-fixing later comes to light.
"I have seen in football how a referee took money to throw a game and all the suspect results were annulled," he charged.
"In Italy, Juventus were relegated. But here (in F1) they just sent Briatore home. I don't get it and I don't think it was right."
Oct 2, 2009 | 01:10 PM
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I never saw Massa as a cry baby until now. I guess Senna and Schumacher should get their championship stripped as well since they did take extraordinary measures to cheat...
Oct 2, 2009 | 01:27 PM
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+1, good god get over it. It wasn't McLaren that screwed over Massa other than beating him. Now if Renault had won the championship we would have something here...
Oct 2, 2009 | 03:32 PM
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I did the math of Massa winning that race and all the other results being exactly the same and he wins by 7, but theres so many what if's in racing he can't blame that one incident for his title. He spun more times than dradle in silverstone, spun out of the lead in monaco, the engine failure in Hungary, etc, etc. If he was meant to win that title the rain would've held off a little longer and Glock would've finished ahead of Hamilton. It's called racing Felipe...nothings guaranteed.
Last edited by SpeedLimit?; Oct 2, 2009 at 03:34 PM.