Emerson Fittipaldi admits his fellow Brazilian Felipe Massa will find it "so difficult" to be successful in his legal challenge against the result of the 2008 Formula 1 world championship.
It was the year in which Lewis Hamilton secured his maiden title in dramatic circumstances. Massa had finished the Brazilian Grand Prix finale believing he had won the championship, but problems further back for Timo Glock allowed Hamilton to overtake in the final few corners and earn enough points to snatch the trophy from the home hero.
Massa is looking at ways to challenge the result 15 years on, in the wake of comments made by former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone. The focus of those enquiries is on that season's Singapore Grand Prix – infamous for the 'Crashgate' scandal, which began when Nelson Piquet Jr alleged the following year that he had been told by his Renault team to deliberately cause a collision.
