Massa after driving f2008 at Goodwood: That was definitely my best year

The Brazilian, a erstwhile Formula 1 driver, returned to the instrumentality of the 2008 F2008, the car that brought Ferrari its past constructors' rubric and wherever helium came adjacent to winning the satellite drivers' crown. That brushwood with the legendary reddish car astatine the Goodwood Festival of Speed was a precise affectional infinitesimal for him.

The experienced operator did not fell his restitution arsenic helium climbed the elevation and drove the car; the symbol of his champion season.

“It feels unthinkable to thrust the 2008 car again aft truthful long,” said the 41-year-old. 

“That was decidedly my champion year. The car that we won 5 times, you know. It was the past constructors' rubric for Ferrari – and excavation too, if you inquire me,” helium added with a smile.

His words made the interviewer smile, and Massa continued:

“But anyway, it’s a fantastic infinitesimal to beryllium present successful Goodwood, to spot each these large people. It’s a large feeling to beryllium driving this car again aft truthful long.”

But contempt the affectional moments, the Brazilian is inactive successful the mediate of a ineligible conflict against Formula 1, the FIA and Bernie Ecclestone. He is suing due to the fact that helium believes helium was unfairly stripped of his 2008 rubric successful favour of young rival Lewis Hamilton. 

The lawsuit concerns the matter known arsenic “Crashgate” – erstwhile Nelson Piquet Jr. deliberately crashed into a obstruction to assistance his teammate Fernando Alonso.

Massa is determined to person the title rubric reversed successful his favor.

“According to the rules, we should person cancelled the Singapore contention nether those circumstances,” Ecclestone said successful 2023. “Then Felipe Massa would person been satellite champion, not Lewis Hamilton… Today I would person organised it differently.”

Max Mosley

Max Mosley, past caput of the FIA, reportedly did not privation the substance to beryllium further exposed, due to the fact that helium did not privation to “damage the image” of the sport.

“I anticipation the close happening happens – for justice, for thing that was not portion of the sport, and that outgo maine dearly,” the seasoned operator said past October.

“That’s what we’re warring for, and I judge it’s the close happening to bash – particularly aft 16 years and aft proceeding things that I ne'er could person imagined had really happened.”