Should Felipe Massa win his court case against F1 and Bernie Ecclestone to be crowned F1’s 2008 World Champion, it would deny Lewis Hamilton his first of seven titles.
Felipe Massa: Not against Lewis, but a race that was manipulated
“According to the statutes, we should have cancelled the race in Singapore under these conditions,” Ecclestone told F1-Insider last April. “That means it would never have happened for the World Championship standings. Then Felipe Massa would have become World Champion and not Lewis Hamilton.”