Massa confronted Briatore about Piquet crash

[Dare]

assa confronted Briatore about Piquet crash


Massa reportedly has his own suspicions
Felipe Massa suspected Nelson Piquet crashed deliberately at Singapore last year and confronted Flavio Briatore about the incident in person, it has emerged.

It had been presumed in recent days that the source of the accusation must have been Piquet and his famous father, still furious after being recently ousted by Renault boss Briatore. But reports this week suggest that Massa immediately suspected that Piquet had been asked to crash on purpose so that the safety car would emerge and the sister Renault of Fernando Alonso would win the race.

"He crashed in a very strange way," TV Globo commentator Reginaldo Leme is quoted as saying. "It struck me when I was talking recently with Felipe Massa. Felipe had gone to Briatore and said, 'This crash was not right, it happened because you wanted it to'.
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Leme also said other drivers had been suspicious of the Piquet crash.

Massa had led comfortably from pole position in Singapore last September until the Piquet safety car, but when he made his pitstop he then famously drove away with the fuel hose still attached. He lost the championship to Lewis Hamilton by a single point.

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Source: GMM

[Scott]

I wonder why that is even a story.  Who cares what Massa did?  Him confronting Flavio is of no more consequence than any of the media or forum talk at the time.  F1 Live is just stirring the pot.  AutoSport and PlanetF1 didn't even bother to publish it.

In fact if this is the basis for the FIA investigation and not Piquet, it makes the FIA look like a complete joke (nothing new there).

[cosworth151]

I agree, Scotty. Unlike the Piquets, Massa would have no reason for suddenly dropping a dime on Renault at this late date. Since the report seems to have started with TV Globo in Brazil, it could well trying to deflect blame from the local lads.

[Jericoke]

I agree, Scotty. Unlike the Piquets, Massa would have no reason for suddenly dropping a dime on Renault at this late date. Since the report seems to have started with TV Globo in Brazil, it could well trying to deflect blame from the local lads.

Massa's got a lot of free time at home these days.  It's possible he's talking to the media more now than he would normally.  I'm sure there's part of him that's happy to be doing interviews in Portugese instead of German or English or Italian.  I don't think he's causing trouble, just bored, and maybe a little less guarded with his comments than if he was healthy and focused on driving.