F1 | 2008 World Championship, extension requested by FIA and FOM

You have to wait another month to know the position of FIA e FOM in response to the letter of complaint sent by the lawyers of Felipe Massa on the matter crash gate. The Brazilian, who has set up a team of lawyers in recent months, is determined to continue his battle to reclaim the title he lost in a photo finish in 2008 against Lewis Hamilton. The former Ferrari driver started this legal process after Bernie Ecclestone's declarations that, in an interview given to F1-insider, subsequently denied, had admitted to being aware of the accident staged by Renault with Nelsinho Piquet in Singapore.

F1 | 2008 World Championship, Felipe Massa feels like the legitimate world champion

One of the lawyers assisting Massa, Bernando Viana, returned to the issue and declared that the timescales had lengthened: “FIA and FOM are completing an internal investigation – he said, interviewed by PlanetF1 – They have asked for a final extension with respect to the deadline initially requested, from 12 October to 15 November. We accepted this because, if the new administration truly looks into this matter in good faith, it will surely reach the same conclusion that we and so many people around the world have reached.

Viana then added: "We would like to know, from those who are now in charge of Formula 1, the position on the recently discovered scandal and the injustice suffered by Felipe Massa."