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Piquet never intended to ‘harm' Massa

Apr.13 Former F1 driver Nelson Piquet jr says he never intended for his actions to deprive fellow Brazilian Felipe Massa of the 2008 title. Retired Massa, 41, is looking into his legal options after former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone admitted both he and then FIA president Max Mosley knew about Piquet's deliberate crash in the 2008 Singapore GP. 'It was a team order to help someone within our team,' Piquet, the son of triple world champion Nelson Piquet, told the Pelas Pistas podcast. 'It wasn't to harm Felipe Massa. It was nothing like that,' he insisted. 'Yes, it was a mistake. But, in the position I was in, dreaming of being in F1 for so many years, Singapore arrived and they put me...
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