Massa: Alonso knew about race-fixing

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Massa: Alonso knew about race-fixing

By Jonathan Noble

Felipe Massa says he remains suspicious that Fernando Alonso did know about the deliberate crash plot at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix - but has vowed not to let it affect his future relationship with the Spaniard.

Massa spoke to Brazilian media during a get-together in Sao Paulo on Wednesday and, during the lunch, he said he was in no doubt that Alonso had to have been aware of the plans for Nelson Piquet to crash deliberately in the Singapore event last year to try and help him win.

"In all, he is the least of the problem," Massa was quoted as saying by the Brazilian media about Alonso's involvement in the affair.

"It was the team and Nelson - but Alonso was part of the problem. He knew. We can not know it [but] of course he knew. [It's an] absolute certainty."

The comments created a huge media storm in Brazil ahead of this weekend's grand prix, and Massa and Ferrari moved to clarify the remarks in a statement issued on the Maranello team's official website on Wednesday evening.

In it, Massa said that his comments relate to a feeling he has rather than being based on facts, and he totally respects the FIA's findings from its investigations that Alonso was not aware of the crash plot.

"What I've said is the outcome of a hunch I've had and is not based on any concrete evidence," Massa said in his statement. "The FIA World Council announced that there was no indication that Fernando may have been informed of what had happened and I respect this outcome.

"Obviously I'm very disappointed about what transpired last year in Singapore: I have already said several times what I thought about it and now it's time to close that chapter and to look to the future.

"What is certain is that this episode will not mar in any way the relationship I'll have with Fernando when we will be team-mates."

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It's only after we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything.

Massa should stop shooting off his mouth over this incident. Alonso was cleared by the FIA so whether he had any involvement or not is not for Massa to comment pubicly on. Massa lost the race due to Ferrari screwing up his pitstop. It is in no way Piquet's fault that he lost the race and the championship because whos to say it wouldnt have happened otherwise.

Massa is just having a hissy fit because he blames Renault for him losing the title. He needs an excuse as to why he didn't win.

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DaveEllis Wrote:
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> Massa is just having a hissy fit because he blames
> Renault for him losing the title. He needs an
> excuse as to why he didn't win.


He has several. That ham fisted overtake on Hamilton at Fuji, driving like a muppet at Silverstone, spinning off at Malaysia, spinning off in Australia...

"Felipe Massa says he remains suspicious that Fernando Alonso did know about the deliberate crash plot at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix"

That's a BIG difference to saying that Massa KNEW that Alonso knew for sure, I'm guessing it was just sensationalist headlining.

Massa just needs to stop moaning about this. Whatever happened during the season, he lost the Championship, and that's the reality. It's not going to be changed now. If he's in the habit of blaming people for his failure to be Champion then he must be angry as hell with himself, because he threw away more points with stupid mistakes during the season than the Singapore pitstop incident possibly could've cost him. And at this rate, he's risking screwing his relationship with his new teammate before Alonso has even joined the team. It's not like they've been best of mates in the past anyway.

If he's still upset about this, he should just use it to motivate himself to try even harder next season.

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Massa's momentum is away. He had his chance because of Kimi's lack of motivation(or whatever) last year but this is hardly going to happen with Alonso so he will probably not have another chance to be world champ...

Clearly when Massa was in hospital someone brought him some sour grapes.

It's been talked about extensively here but it's naïve to think Alonso is 100% in the free, not-knowing side here. Not that it matters anyway, he's not as bad as Schumi .

Still crying over spilt milk if you ask me