'Lewis won it. That’s racing,' Felipe Massa’s race engineer accepts defeat to Lewis Hamilton amidst lawsuit against F1

The race engineer clearly highlighted that Lewis Hamilton won the 2008 championship fair and square. However, winning the championship would have been a great feat even for Smedley. However, Hamilton winning the championship was the end of it and shouldn’t have been challenged further. Additionally, Smedley claimed that losing the title was part of the sport as the driver with the most points by the season’s end wins the championship.

My view on it is it would have been great to have won the 2008 world championship in 2008. We didn’t, Lewis won it, and the guy with the most points at the end of the season is the guy who deserves to win it, however those points are accrued, I think. That’s racing.

F1 pundit Matt Bishop claims Felipe Massa wants to gain money from lawsuit

The Brazilian driver had previously asserted how he wasn’t interested in money for the case. However, the 46-year-old is looking at upwards of $160 Million in compensation from F1 and FIA. Hence, F1 pundit Matt Bishop shared his opinion on the entire development throughout the past few days.

Bishop asserted how 16 years later, Massa found a quick way to make $100 Million easily. Additionally, the pundit claimed how that he didn’t expect to overturn the results of the 2008 championship. The former champion’s goal with the entire lawsuit was to gain some money from the old case according to Matt Bishop.

We’re talking 16 years later, he’s changed his tune and I think either somebody has said, ‘Here’s a way of getting $100million’ – which is a very tempting inducement – or someone’s got him another way. But I would say that he doesn’t expect to change the result, but he does expect and hope for a few bob. Bishop said, as reported by planetf1.com.

However, FIA and F1 have not yet shared their side over the entire legal lawsuit against them. Additionally, the governing body would keep the case’s details private until the very last moment. Hence, time will tell about how the lawsuit pans out. Currently, Massa’s main goal is to actively participate in the case and potentially finally overturn the 2008 results.