Helmut Marko hopes Felipe Massa wins 2008 F1 title because “records are not so important” for Lewis Hamilton

Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko has issued a dig at Lewis Hamilton and offered his support for Felipe Massa’s attempt to overturn the 2008 F1 world championship result. 
Dr Helmut Marko (AUT) Red Bul
Dr Helmut Marko (AUT) Red Bul

Former Ferrari driver Massa is taking legal action against F1 and the FIA after claiming that Renault’s fixing of the 2008 Sin💖gapore Grand Prix ultimately cost him that year’s world title.

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The Brazilian missed out🐼 on the 2008 drivers’ crown☂ to then-McLaren driver Hamilton by a single point. 

Marko waded in on Massa’s lawsu♊it and said he would like to see Massa prevail - an outcome which would theoretically see Hamilton stripped of his first world title. 

“It was terrible to see Massa celebrating winning the title in Brazil for 2ꦫ0 seconds, and then suddenly it was all gone,” Marko is quoted 🌠as telling Austrian publication. 

“I would like him to win the title – and Mr. Ham𒊎ilton – for whom records are not so important – would then have one less.”

Marko hopes Massa wins 2008 F1 title in jibe towards Hamilton

Marko, who has found himself at the centre of controversy after remarks he made about 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez, questioned whether success for Massa would result in other cases from the past being reopenꦛed. 

“If th✅ere are new facts, the 🌃matter can be reopened,” Marko said.

“And then the chances for Massa are not so bad.

“The only question is, where would we end up if we had to re-evaluate many other r🎀aces where there have also been incidents?”

✨Speaking at the Singapore Grand Prix, Toto Wolff said Mercedes are following “with interest” Massa’s legal case, which Wolff warned will “certainly set a precedent” for F1. 

Wolff suggested that the outcome could influence any action from Mercedes over Hamilton’s controversial title defeat to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen in 2021. 

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