Felipe Massa is still taking action to claim the 2008 world title. The Brazilian believes he was robbed of the championship because
Formula 1 and the
FIA were already aware of the crashgate scandal during the season. According to Massa, the race should never have counted in the championship, which would have meant that the former
Ferrari driver would have become champion. Now, the Brazilian's team has taken legal action against
Flavio Briatore,
Renault and
Ferrari, reports the Brazilian branch of
Motorsport.com.
Briatore was
Renault's team boss when the crashgate scandal took place. The head of the French team allegedly instructed
Nelson Piquet Jr. to crash deliberately to give teammate Fernando Alonso a good chance of victory. Alonso won the race after the crash.
Massa legal action
Besides legal action against Briatore, Renault and Ferrari, Massa's team is also taking action against ING (sponsor of Renault at the time of the scandal),
Pat Symonds (former Renault sporting director) and Steve Nielsen (former Renault sporting director). The purpose of Massa's team's legal action, is to make the parties against whom the action is being taken aware that this could become a lawsuit, and to prevent the documents from being altered or destroyed.