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Todt agrees with Massa: 2008 Singapore GP was ‘rigged’
Former FIA President Jean Todt has agreed with Felipe Massa's assessment that the 2008 Singapore GP should have been "cancelled" from the record books due to the "rigged" nature of the event. Massa is pursuing legal action against Formula 1 and the FIA, alleging that they conspired to cover up the ‘Crashgate’ scandal of the 2008 Singapore GP. In the event at Marina Bay, Renault’s Nelson Piquet Jr. deliberately crashed his car in order to bring out a safety car. This allowed his teammate Fernando Alonso to pit for new tyres and emerge in the lead, eventually winning the race. The FIA later found that Piquet Jr.'s crash was deliberate, and that Renault had...
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